Louise Imogen Guiney, part of the Boston "aesthetic revival" of the 1890s, was a Roman Catholic poet, writer and editor.
Selected Louise Guiney Quotations
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• For Izaak Walton
Can trout allure the rod of yore
In Itchen stream to dip?
Or lover of her banks restore
That sweet Socratic lip?
Old fishing and wishing
Are over many a year.
Oh, hush thee, Oh, hush thee! heart
innocent and dear.
Again the foamy shallows fill,
The quiet clouds amass,
And soft as bees by Catherine Hill
At dawn the anglers pass,
And follow the hollow,
In boughs to disappear.
Oh, hush thee, Oh, hush thee! heart
innocent and dear.
Nay, rise not now, nor with them take
One amber-freckled fool!
Thy sons to-day bring each an ache
For ancient arts to cool.
But, father, lie rather
Unhurt and idle near;
Oh, hush thee, Oh, hush thee! heart
innocent and dear.
While thought of thee to men is yet
A sylvan playfellow,
Ne'er by thy marble they forget
In pious cheer to go.
As air falls, the prayer falls
O'er kingly Winchester:
Oh, hush thee, Oh, hush thee! heart
innocent and dear.
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SUMMUM BONUM
HE who has made us needful knows our need.
To take what is, to dare not nor desire
One inch beyond, but softly to suspire
Against His gift with no inglorious greed
This is true joy, though still our joys recede.
And, as in octaves of a noble lyre,
To move our minds with His, and clearer, higher,
Sound forth our fate-oh, this is strength indeed!
Thanks to His love, both earth and man dispense
Sweet smoke of worship when the heart is stillest,
A praying more than prayer: "Great good have I
Till it be greater good to lay it by;
Nor can I lose peace, power, permanence,
For these smile on me from the thing Thou willest."
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Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2010. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote.
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Jone Johnson Lewis. "Louise Guiney Quotes." About Women's History. URL: http://womenshistory.about.com/od/quotes/a/Louise-Guiney-Quotes.htm . Date accessed: (today). (More on how to cite online sources including this page)
