Walter Scott
Walter Scott
Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet, FRSEwas a Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth15 August 1771
truth rumor may
I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as it was said to me.
may waking darling
Then hush thee, my darling, take rest while you may, For strife comes with manhood, and waking with day.
broken-heart archer may
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
war past may
A ruin should always be protected but never repaired - thus may we witness full the lingering legacies of the past.
men may donkey
Hurry no man's cattle; you may come to own a donkey yourself
amusement may purpose
Those who are too idle to read, save for the purpose of amusement, may in these works acquire some acquaintance with history, which, however inaccurate, is better than none.
thank-you flower may
Welcome as the flowers in May.
glasses credit may
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
dead footsteps foreign hath heart himself home man native soul wandering whose within
Breathes there the man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd As home his footsteps he hath turn'd From wandering on a foreign strand?
faithful lady lovely trusting wish
To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover, too, I wish a trusting lady true.
ability age-and-aging among both growth himself mature maturing others phases relationship understanding until unto
One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him.
cat mind mysterious
Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. There is more passing in their minds than we are aware of.
birthday names glorious-life
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name
exact left music speaks whispers
We're going to come back the exact same way we left off -- as The Whispers. We do R&B music -- lyric-conscious music that speaks to the adults. That's what The Whispers are all about.