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Thomas Campbell on Mother's Day

1777–1844 Scotland

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5 quotes

There shall he love when genial morn appears,
Like pensive Beauty smiling in her tears.

The Pleasures of Hope (1799)

Drink ye to her that each loves best!
And if you nurse a flame
That's told but to her mutual breast,
We will not ask her name.

Theodric: A Domestic Tale; and Other Poems (1825)

I'll bid the hyacinth to blow,
I'll teach my grotto green to be;
And sing my true love, all below
The holly bower and myrtle tree.

Drink to her that each loves best,
And if you nurse a flame
That's told but to her mutual breast,
We will not ask her name.

O Love! in such a wilderness as this.

Gertrude of Wyoming (1809)

Attribution

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