Winthrop Mackworth Praed Quotes
1802–1839 England
Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839) was an English politician and poet.
Also known as: Praed, Winthrop Mackworth
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Some lie beneath the churchyard stone,
And some before the speaker.
I remember, I remember
How my childhood fleeted by,—
The mirth of its December
And the warmth of its July.
And oh! I shall find how, day by day,
All thoughts and things look older;
How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay,
And the heart of friendship colder.
His partners at the whist-club said
That he was faultless in his dealings.
I think while zealots fast and frown,
And fight for two or seven,
That there are fifty roads to town,
And rather more to Heaven.
And when religious sects ran mad,
He held, in spite of all his learning,
That if a man's belief is bad,
It will not be improved by burning.
She was our queen, our rose, our star;
And then she danced—O Heaven, her dancing!
Of science and logic he chatters,
As fine and as fast as he can;
Though I am no judge of such matters,
I’m sure he’s a talented man.
I know the romance, since it's over,
'Twere idle, or worse, to recall;—
I know you're a terrible rover;
But, Clarence, you'll come to our ball.
Sometimes for years and years together,
She ’ll bless you with the sunniest weather,
Bestowing honour, pudding, pence,
You can’t imagine why or whence
John Bull was beat at Waterloo!
They’ll swear to that in France.