The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (248 page)
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The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children.
I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a poem and to be given away by a novel.
Fine writing is next to fine doing the top thing in the world.
If you should have a boy do not christen him John…'Tis a bad name and goes against a man. If my name had been Edmund I should have been more fortunate.
"Load every rift" of your subject with ore.
Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
epitaph for himself
The roaring of the wind is my wife and the stars through the window pane are my children.
letter to George and Georgiana Keats, 24 October 1818
I have met with women whom I really think would like to be married to a poem and to be given away by a novel.
letter to Fanny Brawne, 8 July 1819
Fine writing is next to fine doing the top thing in the world.
letter to J. H. Reynolds, 24 August 1819
If you should have a boy do not christen him John…'Tis a bad name and goes against a man. If my name had been Edmund I should have been more fortunate.
letter to George and Georgiana Keats, 13 January 1820
"Load every rift" of your subject with ore.
letter to Shelley, August 1820.
Here lies one whose name was writ in water.
epitaph for himself
Richard Monckton Milnes
Life, Letters and Literary Remains of John Keats
(1848) vol. 2.
Keble, John
1792–1866
1792–1866
1
Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God,
The secret of the Lord is theirs,
Their soul is Christ's abode.
New every morning is the love
Our wakening and uprising prove.
The trivial round, the common task,
Would furnish all we ought to ask.
The voice that breathed o'er Eden,
That earliest wedding-day.
If the Church of England were to fail, it would be found in my parish.
Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see our God,
The secret of the Lord is theirs,
Their soul is Christ's abode.
The Christian Year
(1827) "Blessed are the pure in heart"
New every morning is the love
Our wakening and uprising prove.
The Christian Year
(1827) "Morning"
The trivial round, the common task,
Would furnish all we ought to ask.
The Christian Year
(1827) "Morning"
The voice that breathed o'er Eden,
That earliest wedding-day.
"Holy Matrimony" (1857 hymn)
If the Church of England were to fail, it would be found in my parish.
D. Newsome
The Parting of Friends
(1966) ch. 8, pt. 3
Keillor, Garrison
1942–
1942–
1
Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.
Years ago, manhood was an opportunity for achievement, and now it is a problem to be overcome.
The Book of Guys
(1994)
Keller, Helen
1880–1968
1880–1968
1
The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "w-a-t-e-r" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free!
The mystery of language was revealed to me. I knew then that "w-a-t-e-r" meant the wonderful cool something that was flowing over my hand. That living word awakened my soul, gave it light, joy, set it free!
The Story of My Life
(1902) ch. 4
Kelly, Thomas
1769–1855
1769–1855
1
The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now.
The head that once was crowned with thorns
Is crowned with glory now.
"The head that once was crowned with thorns" (1820 hymn)
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