Thomas Warton Quotes

1728–1790 England

Thomas Warton (January 9, 1728 – May 21, 1790) was the British Poet Laureate from 1785 until his death. The three published volumes of his uncompleted History of English Poetry pioneered the study of medieval English literature.

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Also known as: Warton, Thomas

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Nor rough, nor barren, are the winding ways
Of hoar antiquity, but strown with flowers.

Sonnet Written in a Blank Leaf of Dugdale's Monasticon (1777)

All human race, from China to Peru,
Pleasure, howe’er disguis’d by art, pursue.

"The Progress of Discontent" (1750), line 39.

Ye fetted pinnacles, ye fanes sublime,
Ye towers that wear the mossy vest of time;
Ye massy piles of old munificence,
At once the pride of learning and defence;
Ye cloisters pale, that, lengthening to the sight,
To contemplation, step by step, invite;
Ye temples dim, where pious duty pays
Her holy hymns of everlasting praise -
Hail ! Oxford, hail !

Triumph of Isis (1749)

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