Classic Poetry for Men Quotes

“The best lack all conviction, while the worst   
Are full of passionate intensity.”
― Christopher A. Hostettler, Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By

“And at the bows an image stood,
By a cunning artist carved in wood,
With robes of white, that far behind
Seemed to be fluttering in the wind.
It was not shaped in a classic mould,
Not like a Nymph or Goddess of old,
Or Naiad rising from the water,
But modelled from the Master's daughter!”
― Christopher A. Hostettler, Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By

“Ah, how skilful grows the hand
That obeyeth Love's command!
It is the heart, and not the brain,
That to the highest doth attain,
And he who followeth Love's behest
Far excelleth all the rest!”
― Christopher A. Hostettler, Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By

“The old man and the fiery youth!
The old man, in whose busy brain
Many a ship that sailed the main
Was modelled o'er and o'er again; —
The fiery youth, who was to be
The heir of his dexterity,
The heir of his house, and his daughter's hand,
When he had built and launched from land
What the elder head had planned.”
― Christopher A. Hostettler, Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By

“Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
― Christopher A. Hostettler, Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By

“Be still, sad heart, and cease repining;
Behind the clouds is the sun still shining;
Thy fate is the common fate of all,
Into each life some rain must fall,
Some days must be dark and dreary.”
― Christopher A. Hostettler, Classic Poetry for Men: 50 Enduring Poems to Read and Live By