James Montgomery: Quotes about the past

James Montgomery was British editor, hymn writer, and poet. Explore interesting quotes on past.
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“Joys too exquisite to last,
And yet more exquisite when past.”

James Montgomery

The Little Cloud.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Past , Joy

“Bliss in possession will not last;
Remembered joys are never past;
At once the fountain, stream, and sea,
They were, they are, they yet shall be.”

James Montgomery

The Little Cloud.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Past , Joy , Sea

“Once, in the flight of ages past,
There lived a man.”

James Montgomery

The Common Lot.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Age , Past