A woman is seldom roused to great and courageous exertion but when something most dear to her is in immediate danger. Joanna Baillie More Quotes by Joanna Baillie More Quotes From Joanna Baillie Tis ever thus: indulgence spoils the base; Joanna Baillie shiningpridemorning The bliss even of a moment still is bliss. Joanna Baillie blissstillsmoments Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye Joanna Baillie eyemoondark O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And high enthusiasm warm'd? Joanna Baillie lovelymagicwriting Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the luckless foot that presses them? There are who in the path of social life Do bask their spotted skins in Fortune's sun, And sting the soul. Joanna Baillie soulfeetthinking The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He now dare trust. Joanna Baillie tyrantsdogmen But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is. Joanna Baillie womensadsummer Words of affection, howsoe'er expressed, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best. Joanna Baillie affectionstills O mysterious Night! thou art not silent; many tongues halt thou. Joanna Baillie tonguenightart There is a sight all hearts beguiling-- Joanna Baillie motherheartsweet The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, and can bear all things. Joanna Baillie shapesmindwant The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle girdeth the weak. Joanna Baillie weaknessbattlemen To make the cunning artless, tame the rude, subdue the haughty, shake the undaunted soul; yea, put a bridle in the lion's mouth, and lead him forth as a domestic cur,--these are the triumphs of all-powerful beauty. Joanna Baillie rudepowerfulbeauty The inward sighs of humble penitence Joanna Baillie hymnshumbleair Men's actions to futurity appear but as the events to which they are conjoined do give them consequence. Joanna Baillie eventsgivingmen War is honorable Joanna Baillie ironrightswar Stand there, damn'd meddling villain, and be silent; Joanna Baillie hemspeechearth I can bear scorpion's stings, tread fields of fire, in frozen gulfs of cold eternal lie, be tossed aloft through tracts of endless void, but cannot live in shame. Joanna Baillie scorpionsfirelying A good man's prayers will from the deepest dungeon climb heaven's height, and bring a blessing down. Joanna Baillie prayerblessingmen I am as one Joanna Baillie mountaineyeambition
