Mary Howitt Quotes

Mary Howitt was an English poet, and author of the famous poem The Spider and the Fly.

✵ 12. March 1799 – 30. January 1888
Mary Howitt photo

Works

Mary Howitt: 6   quotes 2   likes

Famous Mary Howitt Quotes

“"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;
"'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy."”

The Spider and the Fly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Yes, in the poor man's garden grow
Far more than herbs and flowers—
Kind thoughts, contentment, peace of mind,
And joy for weary hours.”

The poor Man's , reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Buttercups and Daisies—
Oh, the pretty flowers,
Coming ere the spring time,
To tell of sunny hours.”

"Buttercups and Daisies," http://books.google.com/books?id=jrwkAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Buttercups+and+daisies+Oh+the+pretty+flowers+Coming+ere+the+Spring+time+To+tell+of+sunny+hours%22&pg=PA119#v=onepage The Christmas Library: Birds and flowers and other country things, Volume 1 http://books.google.com/books?id=ezkGfAEACAAJ&q=%22Buttercups+and+daisies+Oh+the+pretty+flowers+Coming+ere+the+Spring+time+To+tell+of+sunny+hours%22 (1837).

“The wild sea roars and lashes the granite cliffs below,
And round the misty islets the loud strong tempests blow.”

The Sea-Fowler, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;
Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.”

Old England is our Home, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Similar authors

Elizabeth Barrett Browning photo
Elizabeth Barrett Browning 88
English poet, author
Emily Brontë photo
Emily Brontë 151
English novelist and poet
Thomas Hardy photo
Thomas Hardy 171
English novelist and poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley photo
Percy Bysshe Shelley 246
English Romantic poet
Samuel Taylor Coleridge photo
Samuel Taylor Coleridge 220
English poet, literary critic and philosopher
Robert Southey photo
Robert Southey 51
British poet
Matthew Arnold photo
Matthew Arnold 166
English poet and cultural critic who worked as an inspector…
George Gordon Byron photo
George Gordon Byron 227
English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
William Blake photo
William Blake 249
English Romantic poet and artist
George Eliot photo
George Eliot 300
English novelist, journalist and translator