George Croly Quotes

Ireland, Poet
August 17, 1780 – November, 24, 1860.

George Croly was an Irish poet, novelist, historian, and Anglican priest. He was rector of St Stephen Walbrook in the City of London from 1835 until his death.

The flowers are Nature's jewels, with whose wealth she decks her summer beauty.

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- Beauty
- Flowers
- Jewel
Oh! that fear When the heart longs to know, what it is death to hear.

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- Heart
- Death
- Hear

Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh; Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear; To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh; Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.

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- Feel
- Teach
- Patience
How like a queen comes forth the lonely Moon From the slow opening curtains of the clouds Walking in beauty to her midnight throne!

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- Clouds
- Queen
- Throne
Nature's first great title - mind.

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- Mind
- Nature
- Title
All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example.

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- History
- Example
- Romance
Christianity has no ceremonial. It has forms, for forms are essential to order; but it disdains the folly of attempting to reinforce the religion of the heart by the antics of the mind.

George Croly
- Mind
- Heart
- Christianity