Richard Henry Horne Quotes

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Ye rigid Plowmen! Bear in mind
Your labor is for future hours.
Advance! spare not! nor look behind!
Plow deep and straight with all your powers!

Richard Henry Horne

A sweet content
Passing all wisdom or its fairest flower.

Richard Henry Horne

'Tis always morning somewhere in the world.

Richard Henry Horne

Far out at sea,—the sun was high,
While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail,
We saw a snow-white butterfly
Dancing before the fitful gale,
Far out at sea.

Richard Henry Horne

The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on,
Subject to every doubt that can retard
Or fling it back upon an earlier time.

Richard Henry Horne

The laurel-tree grew large and strong,
Its roots went searching deeply down;
It split the marble walls of Wrong,
And blossomed o'er the Despot's crown.

Richard Henry Horne

On me, on me
Time and change can heap no more!
The painful past with blighting grief
Hath left my heart a withered leaf.
Time and change can do no more.

Richard Henry Horne

Richard Henry Horne

Richard Henry Horne

Born: December 31, 1802

Died: March 13, 1884 (aged 81)

Bio: Richard Hengist Horne was an English poet and critic most famous for his poem Orion.

Known for:

Orion
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