Top 25 Quotes by James Montgomery of 36 - Page 2

There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere.

There is a world above, Where parting is unknown; A whole eternity of love, Form'd for the good alone; And faith beholds the dying here Translated to that happier sphere.

James Montgomery

Heaven, Dying, World

Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.351

When to the cross I turn my eyes,And rest on Calvary,O Lamb of God, my sacrifice,I must remember Thee.

James Montgomery

Eye, Sacrifice, Lambs

James Montgomery (1860). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Original hymns ; Appendix of posthumous poems”, p.104

Here hyacinths of heavenly blue, shook their rich tresses to the morn.

James Montgomery

Eye, Blue, Hyacinths

James Montgomery (1860). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: In Six Volumes. Greenland ; Miscellaneous poems ; Narratives ; Translations from Dante”, p.225

Baptize the nations! far and nigh,The triumphs of the cross recordThe name of Jesus glorify,Till every people call Him Lord.

James Montgomery

Jesus, Names, People

Time is eternity begun.

James Montgomery

Inspirational, Time, Eternity

James Montgomery, Robert Carruthers (1858). “The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: With a Memoir”

When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).

James Montgomery

Men, Yield, Good Man

Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1829). “The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: Complete in One Volume”

Who that hath ever been Could bear to be no more? Yet who would tread again the scene He trod through life before?

James Montgomery

Life And Death, Bears, Scene

Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.357

The Dead are like the stars by day; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky.

James Montgomery

Death, Stars, Eye

James Montgomery (1861). “Poems ... To which is added a memoir of the author. A new edition, with illustrations”, p.292

Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans; High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.

James Montgomery

Long, Pelicans, Prime

James Montgomery (1827). “The Pelican Island, and other poems”, p.49

Gashed with honourable scars,Low in Glory's lap they lie;Though they fell, they fell like stars,Streaming splendour through the sky.

James Montgomery

Stars, Lying, Sky

James Montgomery (1817). “A New and Complete Edition of the Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems Now First Collected; Together with a Sketch of His Life. To which are Added, Some Original Pieces, by Another Pen”, p.104