Francis Turner Palgrave Quotes (21 quotes)

Bright and beguiling, as She who glances
Along the shore and the meadows along,
And sings for heart's delight, and dances
Crowned with apples, and ruddy, and strong:—
Can we see thee, and not remember
Thy sun-brown cheek and hair sun-golden,
O sweet September?
The Golden Land

“A thousand forms and passions glow
Upon the world-wide canvas.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

The Ancient And Modern Muses
Context: A thousand forms and passions glow
Upon the world-wide canvas. So
With larger scope our art we ply;
And if the crown be harder won,
Diviner rays around it run,
With strains of fuller harmony.

“When once the mind has raised itself to grasp and to delight in excellence, those who love most will be found to love most wisely.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861) Summary of Book Fourth.

“In the season of white wild roses
We two went hand in hand:
But now in the ruddy autumn
Together already we stand.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

"A Song of Spring and Autumn".

“Sleep puts out silent fingers,
And leads me back to the roar
Of the dead salt sea that vomits
Wrecks of the past ashore.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

Past and Present

“Shakespeare's stage must hold the glass to every age.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

The Ancient And Modern Muses

“This little Collection differs, it is believed, from others in the attempt made to include in it all the best original lyrical pieces and songs in our language, by writers not living, and none besides the best. The Editor will regard as his fittest readers those who love poetry so well, that he can offer them nothing not already known and valued.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

Golden Treasury of English Songs and Lyrics (1861) Preface.

“Our hope is less to last through Art than deeper searching of the heart, than broader range of uttered truth.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

The Ancient And Modern Muses

“Can we see thee, and not remember
Thy sun-brown cheek and hair sun-golden,
O sweet September?”

Francis Turner Palgrave

The Golden Land
Context: Kiss and cling to them, kiss and leave them,
Bright and beguiling:—
Bright and beguiling, as She who glances
Along the shore and the meadows along,
And sings for heart's delight, and dances
Crowned with apples, and ruddy, and strong:—
Can we see thee, and not remember
Thy sun-brown cheek and hair sun-golden,
O sweet September?

“Let the children play
And sit like flowers upon thy grave
And crown with flowers,—that hardly have
A briefer blooming-tide than they.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

"A Danish Barrow".

“They bring back light on their faces;
But they cannot bring back to me
What the lilies say to the roses,
Or the songs of the butterflies be.”

Francis Turner Palgrave

Eutopia

“The azure lake is argent now
Beneath the pale moonshine:
I seek a sign of hope in heaven:
Fair Polestar! thou are mine.
A thousand other beacons blaze;
I follow thee alone…”

Francis Turner Palgrave

"Midnight At Geneva".