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“Good melody is never out of fashion”

Quote by Robert Bridges

Book:Collected Essays, Papers, Etc

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Collected Essays, Papers, Etc

This compilation brings together a diverse array of essays and papers, offering readers a broad spectrum of ideas and scholarly discussions across various disciplines. more

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Robert Bridges, a prominent British poet of the late Victorian and Edwardian era, was born on October 23, 1844, and died on April 21, 1930. Known for his classical style and literary translations, his work has had a lasting impact on poets and literature. more

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Book:Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas

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“Man's Reason is in such deep insolvency to sense,that tho' she guide his highest flight heav'nward, and teach himdignity morals manners and human comfort,she can delicatly and dangerously bedizenthe rioting joys that fringe the sad pathways of Hell.”

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“Nature hav no music; nor would ther be for theeany better melody in the April woods at dawnthan what an old stone-deaf labourer, lying awakeo'night in his comfortless attic, might perchancebe aware of, when the rats run amok in his thatch?”

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“The name of happiness is but a wider termfor the unalloy'd conditions of the Pleasur of Life,attendant on all function, and not to be deny'dto th' soul, unless forsooth in our thought of naturespiritual is by definition unnatural.”

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“Were I a cloud I'd gather My skirts up in the air, And fly I well know whither, And rest I well know where.”

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Source: Poetical Works Of Robert Brides Excluding The Eight Dramas

“When men were all asleep the snow came flying, In large white flakes falling on the city brown, Stealthily and perpetually settling and loosely lying, Hushing the latest traffic of the drowsy town.”

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