Barry Cornwall Quotes

Oh, the summer night, Has a smile of light, And she sits on a sapphire throne.
Barry Cornwall

Smile, Night, Light

O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!
Barry Cornwall

Beauty, Life, Art

The sweetest noise on earth, a woman's tongue; A string which hath no discord.
Barry Cornwall

Woman, Earth, Tongue

Death is the tyrant of the imagination.
Barry Cornwall

Half the ills we heard within our hearts are ills because we hoard them.
Barry Cornwall

Within, Half, Heard

There's not a wind but whispers of thy name; And not a flow'r that grows beneath the moon, But in its hues and fragrance tells a tale Of thee, my love.
Barry Cornwall

Love, Wind, Moon

All round the room my silent servants wait, My friends in every season, bright and dim.
Barry Cornwall

Friends, Wait, Silent

Even Echo speaks not on these radiant moors.
Barry Cornwall

Speaks, Echo, Radiant

I never was on the dull, tame shore, But I loved the great sea more and more.
Barry Cornwall

Great, Sea, Loved

Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments.
Barry Cornwall

Band, Grief, Pity

So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!
Barry Cornwall

Sleep, Deepest, Fed

Touch us gently, Time! Let us glide adown thy stream, Gently, - as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream!
Barry Cornwall

Time, Through, Sometimes

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Poet

Born: November 21, 1787

Died: October 5, 1874

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