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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!

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!

George Darley
Suicide, Mean, Self

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

George Darley
Morning, Eye, Sun
George Darley (1827). “Sylvia; or, The May queen, a lyrical drama”, p.111

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.

George Darley
Heart, Errors, Giving
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”

Fashionability is a kind of elevated vulgarity.

George Darley
Fashion, Kind, Vulgarity
george darley (1862). “the works of beaumont and fletcher.”, p.30

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

George Darley
Heart, Dust, Hands
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”

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