Thomas Campbell Quotes
1777 – 1844
Scottish poet, author of "Hallowed Ground".
20 quotesAbout Thomas Campbell on Wikipedia
“'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.”
“Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?”
“What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity?”
“Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh what were man? — a world without a sun.”
“The world was sad, the garden was a wild, And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.”
“Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave, oh! leave the light of Hope behind!”
“'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.”
“Oh leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree!”
“And rustic life and poverty Grow beautiful beneath his touch.”
“Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.”
“For I fear I have nothing original in me — Excepting Original Sin.”
“While Memory watches o'er the sad review Of joys that faded like the morning dew.”
“There shall he love when genial morn appears, Like pensive Beauty smiling in her tears.”
“Melt and dispel, ye spectre-doubts, that roll Cimmerian darkness o'er the parting soul!”
“Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore.”
