Austin Dobson
Austin Dobson
Austin Dobsonwas a racing driver from England. He was the brother of Arthur Charles Dobson, who was also a racing driver...
blessing deathly delight hour last night paid seal slumber thou thy till utmost
Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing
art coins lasts
All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us; The Bust out-lasts the throne,-- The coin, Tiberius.
intended turned
I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet.
books ours rows stamp steam
Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more.
dust shall yellow
What ye have been ye still shall be, When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers!
For I respectfully declineTo dignify the Serpentine,And make hors-d'oeuvres for fishes.
decline
For I respectfully decline To dignify the Serpentine, And make hors-d'oeuvres for fishes.
art bust enduring outlasts stays throne
All passes. Art alone/ Enduring stays to us;/ The bust outlasts the throne
colour ladies painted red stays white
The ladies of St James's! They're painted to the eyes, Their white it stays for ever, Their red it never dies: But Phyllida, my Phyllida! Her colour comes and goes; It trembles to a lily, It wavers to a rose.
men monstrous pairs prudence ranks science wings
In merest prudence men should teach. That science ranks as monstrous things, Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings - E'en Angel's wings! - are fictions.
random rose
And I wove the thing to a random rhyme, For the Rose is Beauty, the Gardener, Time.
body carry climb earth eye kings throw
Carry his body hence! Kings must have slaves: Kings climb to eminence, Over men's graves: So this man's eye is dim; Throw the earth over him!
beauty eye white
The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes; Their white is stays for ever, Their red it never dies; But Phyllida, my Phillida! Her colour comes and goes; It trembles to a lily,-- It wavers to a rose.
angel men wings
In merest prudence men should teach . . . That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings-- E'en Angel's wings!--are fictions.