Top 12 Quotes by Winthrop Mackworth Praed

I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July.

I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July.

July, Childhood, Mirth

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1852). “Lillian: And Other Poems”, p.248

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.

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Queens, Moon, Night

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1859). “The poetical works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.10

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.

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Heart, Gay, Laughing

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1852). “Lillian: And Other Poems”, p.214

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

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Years, Weather, Joy

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1852). “Lillian: And Other Poems”, p.64

Hail, blest Confusion! here are met All tongues, and times, and faces; The Lancers flirt with Juliet, The Brahmin talks of races.

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Flirting, Race, Confusion

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1859). “The poetical works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.209

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.

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Sleep, Sorrow, Saving

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1857). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.133

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.

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Song, Thinking, Long

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1854). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.264

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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Witty, Morning, Valentine

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.

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Fighting, Thinking, Two

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1854). “The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed”, p.266

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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Education, Fate, Boys