Jean Ingelow Quotes about Heart

I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.

I am glad to think I am not bound to make the world go right, but only to discover and to do, with cheerful heart, the work that God appoints.

Jean Ingelow

Heart, Thinking, Cheerful

Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.227

I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music within and a song, And echoes did feed on the sweetness, repeating it long. I opened the doors of my heart. And behold, There was music that played itself out in aeolian notes: Then was heard, as a far-away bell at long intervals tolled.

Jean Ingelow

Happiness, Song, Heart

Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.187