Ella Wilcox Quotes on Soul (4 Quotes)

Thou hast but to resolve, and lo Gods wholeGreat universe shall fortify thy soul.

Oh what are years A ripe three score and tenHold often less of life, in its best sense,Than just a twelvemonth lived by other men,Whose high-strung souls are ardent and intense.

The world has a thousand creeds, and never a one have INot a church of my own, though a million spires are pointing the way on high.But I float on the bosom of faith, that bears me along like a riverAnd the lamp of my soul is alight with love for life, and the world, and the Giver.

It is easy enough to be virtuous When nothing tempts you to stray When without or within No voice of sin Is luring your soul away. But it is only a negative virtue until it is tried by fire. For the soul that is worth the treasures of the earth is the soul that resists desire.