William Winter Quotes

William Winter was an American dramatic critic and author.

✵ 15. July 1836 – 30. June 1917
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Famous William Winter Quotes

“Ambition has but one reward for all:
A little power, a little transient fame,
A grave to rest in, and a fading name.”

William Winter

"The Queen's Domain", The Queen's Domain, and other Poems (1858).

“The golden time of Long Ago.”

William Winter

I. H. Bromley, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“When will the dead world cease to dream,
When will the morning break?”

William Winter

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

“Fierce for the right, he bore his part
In strife with many a valiant foe;
But Laughter winged his polished dart,
And kindness tempered every blow.”

William Winter

I. H. Bromley, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Though all the bards of earth were dead,
And all their music passed away,
What Nature wishes should be said
She’ll find the rightful voice to say.”

William Winter

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

“His love was like the liberal air,—
Embracing all, to cheer and bless;
And every grief that mortals share
Found pity in his tenderness.”

William Winter

I. H. Bromley, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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