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John Bowring Quotes

A happy family is but an ealier heaven.

A happy family is but an ealier heaven.

John Bowring
Heaven, Happy Family

There is in every human heart Some not completely barren part, Where seeds of truth and love might grow, And flowers of generous virtue flow; To plant, to watch, to water there, This be our duty, be our care.

John Bowring
Flower, Heart, Water
John Bowring, “Blessings Of Instruction”

In the cross of Christ I glory,Towering o'er the wrecks of time;All the light of sacred storyGathers round its head sublime.

John Bowring
Light, Sublime, Wrecks
John Bowring, “The Cross Of Christ”

The talents lost--the moments run To waste--the sins of act, of thought, Ten thousand deeds of folly done, And countless virtues cherish'd not.

John Bowring
Running, Done, Deeds
Sir John Bowring (1824). “Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces”, p.48

In the cross of Christ I glory,

John Bowring
Christ, Glory, Crosses
Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.200

Chance and change are busy ever;Man decays, and ages move;But His mercy waneth never;God is wisdom, God is love.

John Bowring
God, Moving, Men
Sir John Bowring, lady Deborah Castle Bowring (1873). “A Memorial Volume of Sacred Poetry”, p.109

Sleep is no servant of the will; it has caprices of its own; when courted most, it lingers still; when most pursued, 'tis swiftly gone.

John Bowring
Sleep, Gone, Caprice

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