Coventry Patmore
Coventry Patmore
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmorewas an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth23 July 1823
cares course lie none prevail shall truth whether work
For want of me the world's course will not fail:When all its work is done, the lie shall rot;The truth is great, and shall prevail,When none cares whether it prevail or not.
cares course lie none prevail shall truth whether work
For want of me the world's course will not fail: When all its work is done, the lie shall rot; The truth is great, and shall prevail, When none cares whether it prevail or not.
wise truth men
One fool will deny more truth in half an hour than a wise man can prove in seven years.
chill share
The ardour chills us which we do not share.
heart men remember
O, Heart, remember thee That Man is none, Save One.
self reason appeals
All reasoning ends in an appeal to self-evidence.
wings midges beats
The midge's wing beats to and fro A thousand times ere one can utter O.
book reality thinking
Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most obscure book in the world. He must be a great fool who thinks he understands the plainest chapter of it.
writing common said
Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.
delight life-is coventry
Life is not life at all without delight.
wise adversity evil
Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom.
love-you soul done
Kind souls, you wonder why, love you, When you, you wonder why, love none We love, Fool, for the good we do, Not that which unto us is done!
dream sweet sunshine
The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.
siege youth courtesy
Ah, whither shall a maiden flee, When a bold youth so swift pursues, And siege of tenderest courtesy, With hope perseverant, still renews!