George Linnaeus Banks
George Linnaeus Banks
George Linnaeus Banks, husband of author Isabella Banks, was a British journalist, editor, poet, playwright, amateur actor, orator, and Methodist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth2 March 1821
life hope heart
I live for those who love me, Whose hearts are kind and true; For the Heaven that smiles above me, And awaits my spirit too; For all human ties that bind me, For the task by God assigned me, For the bright hopes yet to find me, And the good that I can do.
men gold reason
I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.
life true-love blue
I live for those who love me, for those who know me true, for the heaven so blue above me, and the good that I can do.
kindness distance resistance
For the cause that lacks assistance, The wrong that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the good that I can do.
heart unions divine
I live to hold communion With all that is divine, To feel there is a union Twixt Natures heart and mine.