Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landorwas an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 January 1775
wise wisdom writing
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
strife quarrels
I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.
events duty
Consult duty not events.
ocean men names
I have since written what no tide Shall ever wash away, what men Unborn shall read o'er ocean wide And find Ianthe's name agen.
poetry sculpture painting
Sculpture and painting are moments of life; poetry is life itself.
witty wit
Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.
dream truth speak
Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.
kings war play
Kings play at war unfairly with republics; they can only lose some earth, and some creatures they value as little, while republics lose in every soldier a part of themselves.
heart imagination wish
We are poor, indeed, when we have no half-wishes left us. The heart and the imagination close the shutters the instant they are gone.
christian wise wisdom
A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.
memories eye night
Ah what avails the sceptred race, Ah what the form divine! What every virtue, every grace! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. Rose Aylmer, whom these wakeful eyes May weep, but never see, A night of memories and of sighs I consecrate to thee.
dream may would-be
It often comes into my head That we may dream when we are dead, But I am far from sure we do. O that it were so! then my rest Would be indeed among the blest; I should for ever dream of you.
wisdom lasting-happiness knowing
Wisdom consisteth not in knowing many things, nor even in knowing them thoroughly; but in choosing and in following what conduces the most certainly to our lasting happiness and true glory.
women shade woods
Teach him to live unto God and unto thee; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade.