Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Theodore Tilton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Theodore Tilton.
Last updated on November 25, 2024.
Theodore Tilton

Theodore Tilton was an American newspaper editor, poet and abolitionist. He was born in New York City to Silas Tilton and Eusebia Tilton. On his twentieth birthday, October 2, 1855, he married Elizabeth Richards. Tilton's newspaper work was fully supportive of abolitionism and the Northern cause in the American Civil War.

Baby bye Here's a fly, Let us watch him. you and I, How he crawls Up the walls Yet he never falls.
Pleasure comes, but not to stay;Even this shall pass away.
Once in Persia reigned a king Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which if held before the eyes Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chance. Solemn words, and these are they: "Even this shall pass away."
I won a noble fame; 
 But with a sudden frown, 
 The people snatched my crown, 
 And, in the mire, trod down 
 My lofty name. — © Theodore Tilton
I won a noble fame; But with a sudden frown, The people snatched my crown, And, in the mire, trod down My lofty name.
Pain is hard to bear.... But with patience, day by day, Even this shall pass away.
In all our losses, all our gains, In all our pleasures, all our pains, The life of life is: Love remains. In every change from good to ill,- If love continues still, Let happen then what will.
Journalism is an immense power, that threatens soon to supersede sermons, lectures, and books.
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