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Quotes from Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems — William Watson

1858–1935 England

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The stars of heaven are free because
In amplitude of liberty
Their joy is to obey the laws.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

The votes of veering crowds are not
The things that are more excellent.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

Empires dissolve and peoples disappear,
Song passes not away.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

God on His throne is
Eldest of poets:
Unto His measures
Moveth the Whole.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

The thirst to know and understand—
A large and liberal discontent:
These are the goods in life's rich hand,
The things that are more excellent.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

The after-silence, when the feast is o'er,
And void the places where the minstrels stood,
Differs in nought from what hath been before,
And is nor ill nor good.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

Deemest thou, labour
Only is earnest?
Grave is all beauty,
Solemn is joy.

Lacrymæ Musarum and Other Poems (1893)

Attribution

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