William Watson Quote

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


England my Mother, Part iv, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


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

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

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

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