Richard Hovey Quotes

1864–1900

Richard Hovey (1864–1900) was an American composer, poet and playwright.

I have need of the sky,I have business with the grass;I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheelingLone and high,And the slow clouds go by.I will get me away to the waters that glassThe clouds as they pass.I will get me away to the woods.

"I have Need of the Sky", p. 56.

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In all climes we pitch out tents,Cronies of the elements,With the secret lords of birthIntimate and free.

Richard Hovey
— The Wander-lovers.

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The people blossoms armies and puts forthThe splendid summer of its noiseless might.

Richard Hovey
— "The Call of the Bugles", p. 5.

Tags: people, blossoms, armies, splendid, summer, noiseless

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Nor love they leastWho strike with right good willTo vanquish illAnd fight God’s battle upward from the beast.

Richard Hovey
— "The Call of the Bugles", p. 15.

Tags: love, strike, right, good, vanquish, illAnd, fight, Gods, battle

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Who would not rather founder in the fightThan not have known the glory of the fray?

Richard Hovey
— "Two and Fate", p. 29.

Tags: Who, founder, known, glory, fray

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Praise be to you, O hills, that you can breatheInto our souls the secret of your power!

Richard Hovey
— "Comrades", p. 49.

Tags: Praise, you, hills, can, our, souls, secret, power

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Spring in the world!And all things are made new!

Richard Hovey
— "Spring", p.58.

Tags: Spring, worldAnd, things, new

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For ’t is always fair weatherWhen good fellows get togetherWith a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

Richard Hovey
— "Spring", p. 60.

Tags: fair, weatherWhen, good, fellows, stein, table, song, ringing, clear

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The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blendAs a man and a woman that plightTheir troth in the warm spring night.

Richard Hovey
— "Spring", p. 61. Compare: "Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet", Rudyard Kipling.

Tags: East, West, spring, world, man, woman, troth, warm, night

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The great white cold walks abroad!

Richard Hovey
— "Dartmouth Winter-song", p. 80.

Tags: great, white, cold, walks, abroad

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How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal!

Richard Hovey
— "Benzaquen", p. 109.

Tags: loving, Lord, God, strong, withal

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Shall the iron argue with the smith what it would be?Or, shall the wrought iron reason with the mongerTo whom it would be sold?

Richard Hovey
— "Benzaquen", p. 113.

Tags: iron, argue, what, beOr, wrought, reason, sold

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Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God,Who gives and asks no payment.

Richard Hovey
— Act i. Sc. 1.

Tags: Love, seeks, guerdon, friendship, gives, asks, payment

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Fair weather weddings make fair weather lives.

Richard Hovey
— Act i. Sc. 3.

Tags: Fair, weather, weddings, lives

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There is no sorrow like a love deniedNor any joy like love that has its will.

Richard Hovey
— Act i. Sc. 3.

Tags: There, sorrow, love, joy

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There are worser ills to faceThan foemen in the fray;And many a man has fought because—He feared to run away.

Richard Hovey
— Act. iv. Sc. 3.

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East, to the dawn, or west or south or north! Loose rein upon the neck of—and forth!

Richard Hovey
— Richard Hovey, Faith and Fate.

Tags: East, dawn, west, south, north, Loose, rein, neck

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I do not know beneath what sky Nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great.

Richard Hovey
— Richard Hovey, Unmanifest Destiny.

Tags: know, beneath, what, sky, seas, fate, high, great

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And you prate of the wealth of nations, as if it were bought and sold, The wealth of nations is men, not silk and cotton and gold.

Richard Hovey
— Richard Hovey, Peace. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)

Tags: wealth, you, prate, nations, bought, sold, men, silk, cotton

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East, to the dawn, or west or south or north! Loose rein upon the neck of and forth!

Richard Hovey
— Richard Hovey, Faith and Fate. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)

Tags: East, dawn, west, south, north, Loose, rein, neck

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For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear.

Richard Hovey
— Richard Hovey, Spring. (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations)

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Ye who made war that your ships Should lay to at the beck of no nation, Make war now on Murder, that slips The leash of her hounds of damnation; Ye who remembered the Alamo, Remember the Maine!

Richard Hovey
— Richard Hovey, The Word of the Lord from Havana.

Tags: War, who, ships, lay, beck, nation, now, Murder, slips

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