George Darley Quotes:

Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter; Oh no! the miserablest day we live There's many a better thing to do than die!

Topics: Suicide, Mean, Self, Better Things To Do

Awake thee, my Lady-Love! Wake thee, and rise! The sun through the bower peeps Into thine eyes.

source: - George Darley (1827). “Sylvia; or, The May queen, a lyrical drama”, p.111

Topics: Morning, Eye, Sun, Lady Love

Give me, instead of beauty's bust, A tender heart, a loyal mind, Which with temptation I could trust, Yet never linked with error find.

source: - George Darley (1908). “The complete poetical works of George Darley now first collected, reprinted from the rare original editions in the possession of the Darley family”

Topics: Heart, Errors, Giving, Tender Hearts

Fashionability is a kind of elevated vulgarity.

source: - george darley (1862). “the works of beaumont and fletcher.”, p.30

Topics: Fashion, Kind, Vulgarity

There's many a white hand holds an urn With lovers' hearts to dust consumed.

source: - George Darley (1908). “The complete poetical works of George Darley now first collected, reprinted from the rare original editions in the possession of the Darley family”

Topics: Heart, Dust, Hands