Nicholas Michell Quotes
1807–1880 England
Nicholas Michell (4 June 1807 – 6 April 1880), was a Cornish writer, best known for his poetry.
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Sweet breathe the henna-flowers that harem girls
So love to twine among their glossy curls.
Old scenes to visit, and old dreams to dream,
Shall not to us a task of labour seem.
Ruins of Ind! Here, too, with busy hand,
Hath man built shrines, and gorgeous cities plann'd,
That Time may mock his toil?—and must he still
For weeds and reptiles ply his plastic skill?
The angel, crossing heaven on wings of light,
Stooped to admire, and paused upon his flight,
As Woman rose in beauty on the plain,
The last and loveliest link of Being's chain.
An Essay on Woman (1833)