Quotes about english-poet
english-poet
I am a part of all that I have seen.
english-poet good language though works
Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis good works make the man.
english-poet trust
Who would not rather trust and be deceived?
english-poet less seems thou
Still seems it strange, that thou shouldst live forever? Is it less strange, that thou shouldst live at all? This is a miracle; and that no more. Edward Young
english-poet idlers
Tomorrow is the day when idlers work, and fools reform.
english-poet
He said true things, but called them by wrong names. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
english-poetry
I never had much education in English poetry as such, Anne Carson
english-poet humble knowledge knows learned proud
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much;Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. William Cowper
english-poet humble knowledge knows proud wisdom
Knowledge is proud that he has learn'd so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
english-poet music words
His words and music weren't just joined; they were inseparably married.
english-poet
They talk most who have the least to say. Matthew Prior
english-poet
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
english-poet
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say.
english-poet hope
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
english-poet perfection
Not a having and a resting, but a growing and becoming, is the character of perfection as culture conceives it. Matthew Arnold
english-poet heal otherwise
He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. John Milton
english-poet
The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient. Francis Quarles
english-poet sleeps
And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.
english-poet
For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own. Francis Thompson
english-poet
Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors. Bryan Procter
english-poet thy touch
Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!
english-poet gather rest
Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly well know whither, And rest I well know where. Robert Bridges
english-poet loved
She who has never loved has never lived. John Gay
english-poet good name
On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
english-poet foe pretended
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
english-poet involve
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
english-poet
We always may be what we might have been. Adelaide Anne Procter
english-poet fell grove merry pleasant
As it fell upon a day in the merry month of May, sitting in a pleasant shade which a grove of myrtles made. Richard Barnfield
english-poet goes heart
I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied: 'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!' Hilaire Belloc
english-poet guide laws run swallow tears till
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.
english-poet great loneliness seems
Loneliness seems to have become the great American disease.
english-poet money
Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot? Edward Fitzgerald
english-poet nearer stoop wisdom
Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. William Wordsworth