Mark Akenside: Hour

Mark Akenside was English poet and physician. Explore interesting quotes on hour.

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“Ask the faithful youth
Why the cold urn of her whom long he loved
So often fills his arms; so often draws
His lonely footsteps at the silent hour
To pay the mournful tribute of his tears?
Oh! he will tell thee that the wealth of worlds
Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego
That sacred hour, when, stealing from the noise
Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes
With virtue's kindest looks his aching breast,
And turns his tears to rapture.”

Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination

Book II, lines 683–693
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)

“Oft the hours
From morn to eve have stolen unmark'd away,
While mute attention hung upon his lips.”

Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination

Book II, lines 183–185
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)

“Adieu, for him,
The dull engagements of the bustling world!
Adieu the sick impertinence of praise!
And hope, and action! for with her alone,
By streams and shades, to steal these sighing hours,
Is all he asks, and all that fate can give!”

Mark Akenside book The Pleasures of the Imagination

Book III, lines 173–178
The Pleasures of the Imagination (1744)