“Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore.”

— Thomas Campbell, The Pleasures of Hope, 1799, Part I

About Thomas Campbell

1777 – 1844

Scottish poet, author of "Hallowed Ground".

“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

“'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?”

“The wise man will live as long as he ought, not as long as he can.”

“In theory there is nothing to hinder our following what we are taught; but in life there are many things to draw us aside.”

“The better part of valour is discretion; in the which better part I have saved my life.”

“So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, so long lives this, and this gives life to thee.”

“We are such stuff as dreams are made on; and our little life is rounded with a sleep.”

“Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage.”