Thomas Campbell: Quotes about sadness

Thomas Campbell was British writer. Explore interesting quotes on sadness.

Thomas Campbell: 128 quotes8 likes

“The world was sad, the garden was a wild,
And man the hermit sigh'd — till woman smiled.”

Thomas Campbell

Part II, line 37
Pleasures of Hope (1799)

“But sad as angels for the good man's sin,
Weep to record, and blush to give it in.”

Thomas Campbell

Part II, line 357
Pleasures of Hope (1799)

“Oh! once the harp of Innisfail
Was strung full high to notes of gladness;
But yet it often told a tale
Of more prevailing sadness.”

Thomas Campbell

O'Connor's Child, st. 1 (1810)

“While Memory watches o'er the sad review
Of joys that faded like the morning dew.”

Thomas Campbell

Part II, line 45
Pleasures of Hope (1799)