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John Scott of Amwell Quotes

1731–1783 England

John Scott (9 January 1731 – 12 December 1783), known as Scott of Amwell, was an English landscape gardener and writer on social matters. He was also the first notable Quaker poet, although in modern times he is remembered for only one anti-militarist poem.

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Where glossy pebbles pave the varied floors,
And rough flint-walls are deck'd with shells and ores,
And silvery pearls, spread o'er the roofs on high,
Glimmer like faint stars in a twilight sky.

Poetical Works (1782)

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