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John Lyon Quotes

1803–1889 Scotland

John J. Lyon (4 March 1803, Glasgow – 28 November 1889) was a Scottish Latter Day Saint poet and hymn writer from Kilmarnock

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"It’s a cauld barren blast that blaws nobody good.” - title of poem.

The Harp of Zion (1853)

"Thou representative of something great,
What wert thou in thine unconverted state?" - Reflections on a Banknote

The Harp of Zion (1853)

"Lust is the offspring of a thousand sighs,
"Intrigue, deception, and as many lies;
"A strange compound of hidden, plotting ill,
"To fire with rage, to torture, or to kill"
-Lust

The Harp of Zion (1853)

Attribution

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