poet
poet and scholar (1835-1917)
“Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.”
“The flower of sweetest smell is shy and lowly.”
“The human mind is capable of excitement without the application of gross and violent stimulants; and he must have a very faint perception of its beauty and dignity who does not know this.”
“All men feel something of an honorable bigotry for the objects which have long continued to please them.”
“In years that bring the philosophic mind.”
“Bright gem instinct with music, vocal spark.”
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