Robert Southey
Robert Southey
Robert Southeywas an English poet of the Romantic school, one of the so-called "Lake Poets", and Poet Laureate for 30 years from 1813 to his death in 1843. Although his fame has long been eclipsed by that of his contemporaries and friends William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Southey's verse still enjoys some popularity...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth12 August 1774
men house littles
There was a time when I believed in the persuadability of man, and had the mania of man-mending. Experience has taught me better. The ablest physician can do little in the great lazar-house of society. He acts the wisest part who retires from the contagion.
life littles cupid
Cupid "the little greatest god."
demand littles doe
Little, indeed, does it concern us in this our mortal stage, to inquire whence the spirit hath come; but of what infinite concern is the consideration whither it is going. Surely such consideration demands the study of a life.
looks care littles
I have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s: and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
eye littles annoying
I do not cast my eyes away from my troubles. I pack them in as little compass as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
mind stubborn littles
A stubborn mind conduces as little to wisdom or even to knowledge, as a stubborn temper to happiness
curses home
Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost
wise children reading
What blockheads are those wise persons, who think it necessary that a child should comprehend everything it reads.
would-be ifs
If you would be pungent, be brief.
flame forever heaven holy love
Love is indestructible. It's holy flame forever burneth; from Heaven it came, to Heaven returneth.
considered ought three time
There are three things that ought to be considered before some things are spoken: the manner, the place, and the time
friend happy sleep thee thou
Thou hast been called, O Sleep! The friend of woe; But 'tis the happy that have called thee so
english-poet
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
burn deeper words
It is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn