Coventry Patmore

To have noughtIs to have all things without care or thought!

— Coventry Patmore

Having my law the seventh time disobey'd,—His Mother, who was patient, being dead.

— Coventry Patmore

Ah, wasteful woman, she who mayHad made brutes men, and men divine.

— Coventry Patmore

Kind souls, you wonder why, love you,Not that which unto us is done!

— Coventry Patmore

Love wakes men, once a lifetime each;They read with joy, then shut the book.

— Coventry Patmore

I drew my bride, beneath the moon,We saw the water-flags in flower!

— Coventry Patmore

I saw you take his kiss!" "'Tis true."He thought I thought he thought I slept.

— Coventry Patmore

A woman is a foreign land.

— Coventry Patmore

The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon’s heightStraight from the absolution of a faithful fight.

— Coventry Patmore

Life is not life at all without delight.

— Coventry Patmore