Winthrop Mackworth Praed quotes
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“Of science and logic he chatters, As fine and as fast as he can; Though I am no judge of such matters, I'm sure he's a talented man.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : 'The Talented Man'
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“Apollo has peeped through the shutter, And awaken'd the witty and fair; The boarding-school belle's in a flutter, The twopenny post's in despair; The breath of the morning is flinging A magic on blossom and spray, And cockneys and sparrows are singing In chorus on Valentine's day.”
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“Still and pale Thou movest in thy silver veil, Queen of the night! the filmy shroud Of many a mild, transparent cloud Hides, yet adorns thee.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1859). “The poetical works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.10
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“I think while zealots fast and frown, And fight for two or seven, That there are fifty roads to town, And rather more to Heaven.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1854). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.266
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“Twelve years ago I made a mock Of filthy trades and traffics; I considered what they meant by stock; I wrote delightful sapphics; I knew the streets of Rome and Troy, I supped with fates and Fairies-- Twelve years ago I was a boy, A happy boy at Drury's.”
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“Hail, blest Confusion! here are met All tongues, and times, and faces; The Lancers flirt with Juliet, The Brahmin talks of races.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1859). “The poetical works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.209
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“Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy, And always blind, and often tipsy; Sometimes for years and years together, She 'll bless you with the sunniest weather, Bestowing honour, pudding, pence, You can't imagine why or whence; Then in a moment Presto, pass! Your joys are withered like the grass”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1852). “Lillian: And Other Poems”, p.64
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“And oh! I shall find how, day by day, All thoughts and things look older; How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay, And the heart of friendship colder.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1852). “Lillian: And Other Poems”, p.214
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“I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1852). “Lillian: And Other Poems”, p.248
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“I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life is not too long, And therefore I determine, That many people read a song, Who will not read a sermon.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1854). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.264
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“The Baptist found him far too deep; The Deist sighed with saving sorrow; And the lean Levite went to sleep, And dreamed of tasting pork to-morrow.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1857). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.133
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“Woman! thou loveliest gift that here below Man can receive, or Providence bestow.”
-- Winthrop Mackworth PraedSource : Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1886). “Poems”
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