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
desire world longing
Our restlessness in this world seems to indicate that we are intended for a better. We have all of us a longing after happiness; and surely the Creator will gratify all the natural desires he has implanted in us.
flower feet long
I can remember, with unsteady feet, Tottering from room to room, and finding pleasure In flowers, and toys, and sweetmeats, things which long Have lost their power to please; which when I see them, Raise only now a melancholy wish I were the little trifler once again, Who could be pleas'd so lightly.
funny-birthday years long
Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.
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
english-poet frame hasty judgments
How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
frame judgments seems
How little do they see what really is, who frame their judgments upon that which seems
deeper words
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.