Walter Savage Landor

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied read more

Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

I strove with none; for none was worth my strife.

Thou breathing dial! since thy day began
The present hour was ever mark'd with shade.

Thou breathing dial! since thy day began
The present hour was ever mark'd with shade.

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under read more

Prose on certain occasions can bear a great deal of poetry; on the other hand, poetry sinks and swoons under a moderate weight of prose.

What is reading, but silent conversation.

What is reading, but silent conversation.