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John Home Quotes

1722–1808 Scotland

John Home (22 September 1722 – 5 September 1808) was a Scottish poet and dramatist.

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Also known as: Home, John

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I'll woo her as the lion wooes his brides.

Douglas (1756)

A rude and boisterous captain of the sea.

Douglas (1756)

I'll woo her as the lion woos his brides.

He selom errs,
Who thinks the worst he can of womankind.

Douglas (1756)

Like Douglas conquer, or like Douglas die.

Douglas (1756)

In the first days
Of my distracting grief, I found myself
As women wish to be who love their lords.

Douglas (1756)

Spectator at early performance of Douglas.

My name is Norval; on the Grampian hills
My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain,
Whose constant cares were to increase his store,
And keep his only son, myself, at home.

Douglas (1756)

Hugh MacDiarmid, the twentieth century pioneer of the Scottish Renaissance, included the following lines in A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle (1922)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Home (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.