Winthrop Mackworth Praed Professions : PoliticianBorn : July 28, 1802Died : July 15, 1839 Browse All Authors Top 12 quotes by Winthrop Mackworth Praed Still and pale Winthrop Mackworth Praed queensmoonnight Of science and logic he chatters, Winthrop Mackworth Praed judgingmenscience Apollo has peeped through the shutter, Winthrop Mackworth Praed valentinewittymorning I think while zealots fast and frown, Winthrop Mackworth Praed fightingtwothinking Twelve years ago I made a mock Winthrop Mackworth Praed fateeducationboys Hail, blest Confusion! here are met Winthrop Mackworth Praed flirtingconfusionrace Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy, And always blind, and often tipsy; 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; Then in a moment Presto, pass! Your joys are withered like the grass Winthrop Mackworth Praed weatherjoyyears 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. Winthrop Mackworth Praed gayheartlaughing I remember, I remember how my childhood fleeted by. The mirth of its December, and the warmth of its July. Winthrop Mackworth Praed mirthjulychildhood I think, whatever mortals crave, With impotent endeavor, A wreath--a rank--a throne--a grave-- The world goes round forever; I think that life is not too long, And therefore I determine, That many people read a song, Who will not read a sermon. Winthrop Mackworth Praed songlongthinking The Baptist found him far too deep; The Deist sighed with saving sorrow; And the lean Levite went to sleep, And dreamed of tasting pork to-morrow. Winthrop Mackworth Praed savingsorrowsleep Woman! thou loveliest gift that here below Winthrop Mackworth Praed providencewomenmen Similar Authors Bill Jenkins politician Brad Duguid politician Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott politician Brinda Karat politician Boyle Roche politician Boutros Boutros-Ghali politicianAll Authors
