153 quotes found
Poet · English · 1788–1824
English poet (1788–1824)
“Soprano basso even the contralto Wished him five fathom under the Rialto.”
“Cervantes smiled Spain's chivalry away.”
“If from Society we learn to live Tis Solitude should teach us how to die It hath no flatterers.”
“In solitude when we are least alone.”
“Smiles form the channels of a future tear.”
“The busy have no time for tears.”
“His speech was a fine sample on the whole Of rhetoric which the learn'd call "rigmarole."”
“Society is now one polished horde Formed of two mighty tribes The Bores and the Bored.”
“A schoolboy's tale the wonder of an hour.”
“The "good old times"-all times when old are good.”
“The past is the best prophet of the future.”
“Roll on thou deep and dark blue ocean - roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain Man marks the earth with ruin - his control Stops with the shore.”
“Here's a sigh to those who love me And a smile to those who hate And whatever sky's above me Here's a heart for every fate.”
“'Tis strange - but true for truth is always strange Stranger than fiction.”
“Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home.”
“Few things surpass old wine and they may preach Who please the more because they preach in vain - Let us have wine and women mirth and laughter Sermons and soda-water the day after.”
“Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife He would have written sonnets all his life?”
“There is a tide in the affairs of women Which taken at the flood leads - God knows where.”
“Tis enough - Who listens once will listen twice Her heart be sure is not of ice And one refusal no rebuff.”
“In her first passion woman loves her lover In all the others all she loves is love.”
