Quotes about english-poet
english-poet
And 'tis remarkable that they talk most who have the least to say. Matthew Prior
english-poet hope
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.
english-poet
In following their line through, and those of Plantagenet and Tudor, there is but little to soothe the mind.
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I know that's a secret, for it's whispered every where. William Congreve
english-poet twig
As the twig is bent the tree inclines. Virgil
english-poet past
Nothing is to come, and nothing past: But an eternal now, does always last. Abraham Cowley
english-poet enjoyed light lived small
It is so small a think to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done. Matthew Arnold
english-poet
If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Robert Southey
english-poet frame hasty judgments
How little do they see what is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
english-poet mistakes money point sitting
But in a tournament, you can be said in for all your money at any point so you can't make any mistakes so you have to, it's all about where you're sitting at the table. Al Alvarez
english-poet poets
I used to think all poets were Byronic. Wendy Cope
english-poet fault hide mercy others teach
Teach me to feel another's woe,To hide the fault I see,That mercy I to others show,That mercy show to me. Alexander Pope
english-poet
A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.
english-poet
Ground not upon dreams; you know they are ever contrary.
english-poet
He gave to misery (all he had) a tear. Thomas Gray
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We little know the things for which we pray. Geoffrey Chaucer
english-poet loved
She who has never loved has never lived. John Gay
english-poet good name
On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.
english-poet foe pretended
An open foe may prove a curse, but a pretended friend is worse.
english-poet involve
Tell me and I forget. Show me and I remember. Involve me and I understand.
english-poet few justly man though
Though man a thinking being is defined, Few use the grand prerogative of mind. How few think justly of the thinking few! How many never think, who think they do!
english-poet gives spice
Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavour. William Cowper
english-poetry
I never had much education in English poetry as such, Anne Carson
english-poet instead tempts wiser
Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.
english-poet faith life modes whose wrong
For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
english-poet last lay nor rule whom
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
english-poet further man renew turn
Let a man turn to his own childhood - no further - if he will renew his sense of remoteness, and of the mystery of change. Alice Meynell
english-poet ignore march people shuffle sing thousands tip
But thousands of people march to my songs, some just ignore me and shuffle along, some other tip me, hah, and sometimes they sing right along. Jon English
english-poet lives quite reminding
I was reminding them of their lives and I think that was why it was read so much, but this was quite unintentional and unpredictable. Laurie Lee
english-poet hope
I live on hope and that I think do all Who come into this world. Robert Bridges
english-poet
He's still not interviewing other people; he's still interviewing himself.
english-poet goes heart
I said to Heart, 'How goes it?' Heart replied: 'Right as a Ribstone Pippin!' Hilaire Belloc
english-poet guide laws run swallow tears till
My tears will keep no channel, know no laws to guide their streams, but like the waves, their cause, run with disturbance till they swallow me as a description of his misery.