John Addington Symonds Professions : Poet Born : October 5, 1840 Died : April 19, 1893 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by John Addington Symonds It is great to get praise from the lips of taciturnity. John Addington Symonds lips praise These things shall be! A loftier race Than e'er the world hath known shall rise, With flame of freedom in their souls, And light of knowledge in their eyes. John Addington Symonds light eye race Straight is the way to Acheron, John Addington Symonds blow home running No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown. John Addington Symonds seeds soul Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors