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William Shakespeare699
English playwright and poet 1564–1616Related quotes
“Though an angel should write, still 't is devils must print.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
The Fudges in England, Letter iii.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)
“Hail Éarendel, brightest of angels
above the middle-earth sent unto men.”
Cynewulf Anglo Saxon poet
"Crist", as translated by Humphrey Carpenter in Tolkien: A Biography (1977), p. 64
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
St. 1.
So, We'll Go No More A-Roving (1817)
“Though the sun beat all day upon the mud,
Still foul the mud remains and bright the sun.”
Guido Guinizzelli (1230–1276) Italian poet
Fere lo sol lo fango tutto ’l giorno;
Vil riman, ne il sol perde colore.
Canzone. (Poeti del Primo Secolo, Firenze, 1816, p. 92).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 302.
“Where the bright seraphim in burning row
Their loud uplifted angel trumpets blow.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
At a Solemn Music
Source: The Complete Poetry
“Ruffian or devil, black as hell or bright as angels, thenceforth he was nothing to me.”
Charles Brockden Brown (1771–1810) American novelist, historian and editor
Wieland; or, the Transformation (1798)
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
The Golden Violet - The Child of the Sea
The Golden Violet (1827)
J. Proctor Knott (1830–1911) American politician
Speech on the St. Croix and Bayfield Railroad Bill, Jan. 27, 1871; Knott made this satirical speech, sometimes titled as Duluth! or The Untold Delights of Duluth, while serving in the United States House of Representatives; the speech lampooned Western boosterism by portraying Duluth, Minnesota, in fantastical and glowing language.