Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Clough
Arthur Hugh Cloughwas an English poet, an educationalist, and the devoted assistant to ground-breaking nurse Florence Nightingale. He was the brother of suffragist Anne Clough, who became principal of Newnham College, Cambridge...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth1 January 1819
sight mind
Out of sight is out of mind.
two would-be expenses
Thou shalt have one God only: who Would be at the expense of two?
law wings done
Thought may well be ever ranging, And opinion ever changing, Task-work be, though ill begun, Dealt with by experience better; By the law and by the letter Duty done is duty done Do it, Time is on the wing!
mind care breasts
Loving if the answering breast Seem not to be thus possessed, Still in hoping have a care; If it do, beware, beware! But if in yourself you find it, Above all things mind it, mind it!
self giving done
I sit at my table en grand seigneur , And when I have done, throw a crust to the poor; Not only the pleasure, one's self, of good living, But also the pleasure of now and then giving. So pleasant it is to have money, heigh ho! So pleasant it is to have money.
adultery advantage commit
Do not adultery commit; Advantage rarely comes of it.
cheating stealing empty
Thou shalt not steal; an empty feat, When it's so lucrative to cheat.
fall soul steps
It fortifies my soul to know That, though I perish, Truth is so: That, howsoe'er I stray and range, Whate'er I do, Thou dost not change. I steadier step when I recall That, if I slip Thou dost not fall.
equality political liberty
The highest political buzz word is not liberty, equality, fraternity or solidarity; it is service.
gay wind sky
My wind is turned to bitter north, That was so soft a south before; My sky, that shone so sunny bright, With foggy gloom is clouded o'er My gay green leaves are yellow-black, Upon the dank autumnal floor; For love, departed once, comes back No more again, no more.
fighting bravery soul
Whither depart the souls of the brave that die in the battle, Die in the lost, lost fight, for the cause that perishes with them?
sports competition coveting
Thou shalt not covet; but tradition approves all forms of competition.
world
A world where nothing is had for nothing.
believe wine rome
Rome, believe me, my friend, is like its own Monte Testaceo, Merelya marvellous mass of broken and castaway wine-pots.