Henry Austin Dobson
Henry Austin Dobson
Henry Austin Dobson, commonly Austin Dobson, was an English poet and essayist...
life time passing-by
Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.
strong book wine
Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong, All these I prize, but (entre nous) Old friends are best!
unseen seen-and-unseen
Love comes unseen; we only see it go.
dance couple play
O, Love's but a dance, Where Time plays the fiddle! See the couples advance - O, Love's but a dance! A whisper, a glance, "Shall we twirl down the middle?" O, Love's but a dance, Where Time plays the fiddle!
eye men artist
He is a Patron who looks down, / With careless eyes on men who drown; / But if they chance to reach the land, / Encumbers them with helping hand
beauty eye white
The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes; Their white is stays for ever, Their red it never dies; But Phyllida, my Phillida! Her colour comes and goes; It trembles to a lily,-- It wavers to a rose.