153 quotes found
Poet · English · 1788–1824
English poet (1788–1824)
“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.”
“The power of Thought - the magic of the Mind!”
“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.”
“Think you if Laura had been Petrarch's wife He would have written sonnets all his life?”
“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.”
“In her first passion woman loves her lover In all the others all she loves is love.”
“A schoolboy's tale the wonder of an hour!”
“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.”
“I have not loved the world nor the world me I have not flatter'd its rank breath nor bow'd To its idolatries a patient knee.”
“What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? The hearts bleed longest and but heal to wear That which disfigures it.”
“For truth is always strange stranger than fiction.”
