Epes Sargent Quotes (1813-1880)

Poet, Playwright

About Epes Sargent

Epes Sargent (September 27, 1813 – December 30, 1880) was an American poet and playwright of the Knickerbocker group.

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“The cold blast at the casement beats;
The window-panes are white;
The snow whirls through the empty streets;
It is a dreary night!”
“When the night-wind bewaileth the fall of the year,
And sweeps from the forest the leaves that are sere;
I wake from my slumber and list to the roar
And it saith to my spirit, "No more, never more!"”
“A life on the ocean wave!
A home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
And the winds their revels keep!
Like an eagle caged I pine
On this dull unchanging shore:
Oh give me the flashing brine,
The spray and the tempest's roar!”

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Epes Sargent on Oceans

“A life on the ocean wave! A home on the rolling deep; Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep!”
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Epes Sargent on Soul

“The human soul is like a bird that is born in a cage. Nothing can deprive it of its natural longings, or obliterate the mysterious remembrance of its heritage.”
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Epes Sargent on Sunrise

“The whole east was flecked With flashing streaks and shafts of amethyst, While a light crimson mist Went up before the mounting luminary, And all the strips of cloud began to vary Their hues, and all the zenith seemed to ope As if to show a cope beyond the cope!”
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About Epes Sargent

Epes Sargent (September 27, 1813 – December 30, 1880) was an American poet and playwright of the Knickerbocker group.