Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landor
Walter Savage Landorwas an English writer and poet. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem Rose Aylmer, but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as his work was, it was equalled by his rumbustious character and lively temperament...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 January 1775
friends delight absence
How delightful it is to see a friend after a length of absence! How delightful to chide him for that length of absence to which we owe such delight.
learning grease delight
I delight in the diffusion of learning; yet, I must confess it, I am most gratified and transported at finding a large quantity of it in one place; just as I would rather have a solid pat of butter at breakfast, than a splash of grease upon the table-cloth that covers half of it.
married should matrimony
You should indeed have longer tarried By the roadside before you married.
witty wit
Every witticism is an inexact thought; that which is perfectly true is imperfectly witty.
world poet
Shakespeare is not our poet, but the world's.
air fame
Fame, they tell you, is air; but without air there is no life for any; without fame there is none for the best.
differences rose thorns
God made the rose out of what was left of woman at the creation. The great difference is, we feel the rose's thorns when we gather it; and the other's when we have had it for some time.
christian wise wisdom
A wise man will always be a Christian, because the perfection of wisdom is to know where lies tranquillity of mind and how to attain it, which Christianity teaches.
tree states old-trees
Old trees in their living state are the only things that money cannot command.
dream truth speak
Truth sometimes corner unawares upon Caution, and sometimes speaks in public as unconsciously as in a dream.
sky rainbow shining
I see the rainbow in the sky, the dew upon the grass; I see them, and I ask not why they glimmer or they pass. With folded arms I linger not to call them back; 'twere vain: In this, or in some other spot, I know they'll shine again.
kings war play
Kings play at war unfairly with republics; they can only lose some earth, and some creatures they value as little, while republics lose in every soldier a part of themselves.
heart imagination wish
We are poor, indeed, when we have no half-wishes left us. The heart and the imagination close the shutters the instant they are gone.
women shade woods
Teach him to live unto God and unto thee; and he will discover that women, like the plants in woods, derive their softness and tenderness from the shade.