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Quote by Algernon Charles Swinburne

“Before the beginning of years There came to the making of man Time with a gift of tears, Grief with a glass that ran .”

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Algernon Charles Swinburne

A renowned Victorian poet known for his ornate style and romantic sentiments. Swinburne's works cover a wide range of themes including love, nature, and religion, and have had a profound impact on subsequent poets. more

“Come not, when I am dead, To drop thy foolish tears upon my grave, To trample round my fallen head, And vex the unhappy dust thou wouldst not save. There let the wind sweep and the plover cry; But thou, go by. Child, if it were thine error or thy crime I care no longer, being all unblest; Wed whom thou wilt, but I am sick of Time, And I desire to rest. Pass on, weak heart, and leave me where I lie: Go by, go by.”

Ifs Heart Children Care Lying Desire Time Crime Cry Tears Wind Weak Sick Errors Rounds Foolish Graves Unhappy Dust Fallen I Care Leaving Me Vex

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies, O skilled to sing of Time or Eternity, God-gifted organ-voice of England, Milton, a name to resound for ages.”

Age Time Names Voice Eternity England Harmony Organs Gifted Inventor Milton

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For though from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar.”

May Faces Time Dark Sadness Bears Bars Evening Pilots Bells Twilight Flood Farewell Face To Face Bourne

Author:Alfred Lord Tennyson

“Unless we change our ways and our direction, our greatness as a nation will soon be a footnote in the history books, a distant memory of an offshore island, lost in the mist of time like Camelot, remembered kindly for its noble past.”

Way Book Past Time Lost Nations Change Memories Greatness Noble Remembered Islands Mist History Books Footnotes Camelot Offshore

Author:Margaret Thatcher

“Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means, Time held me green and dying Though I sang in my chains like the sea.”

Mean Young Time Easy Sea Dying Mercy Green Chains

Author:Dylan Thomas

“Too many of the artists of Wales spend too much time talking about the position of theartists of Wales.There is only one position for an artist anywhere: and that is, upright.”

Artist Time Talking Too Much Position Right Time Wales

Author:Dylan Thomas

“Youcanfooltoomanyofthepeopletoomuchofthetime. See Lincoln 510:35.”

Time

Author:James Thurber

“How slow and still the time did drag along.”

Stills Time Drag

Author:Mark Twain

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