George Meredith
George Meredith
George Meredith, OMwas an English novelist and poet of the Victorian era...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth12 February 1828
beauty witty treasure
A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.
garden smell decay
Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay.
civilized english-novelist
I expect that Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
suffers
There is nothing the body suffers the soul may not profit by.
birthday
Don't just count your years, make your years count.
dark dominion night prince swung tired
On a starred night Prince Lucifer uprose. / Tired of his dark dominion swung the fiend.
eden sweet
Sweet as Eden is the air, / And Eden-sweet the ray.
enter
Enter these enchanted woods, / You who dare.