12 quotes found
Poet and biographer · English · 1796–1849
English poet and biographer (1796–1849)
“A mother is a mother still The holiest thing alive.”
“Alone alone all all alone Alone on a wide wide sea.”
“If we take care of the inches we will not have to worry about the miles.”
“She is not fair to outward viewAs many maidens be;Her loveliness I never knewUntil she smiled on me.Oh! then I saw her eye was bright,A well of love, a spring of light.”
“All thoughts all passions all delights Whatever stirs this mortal frame All are but ministers of Love And feed his sacred flame.”
“No man was ever yet a great poet without at the same time being a profound philosopher.”
“Swans sing before they die - 'twere no bad thing Should certain persons die before they sing.”