Henry Austin Dobson quotes

Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go. (Henry Austin Dobson)
Love comes unseen,-we only see it go. View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes; Their white it stays forever Their red it never dies: But Phillida, my Phillida! Her color comes and goes; It trembles to a lily,- It wavers to a rose. View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us; The Bust out-lasts the throne,-- The coin, Tiberius. View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
Fame is a food that dead men eat, I have no stomach for such meat. View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
Old books, old wine, old Nankin blue;- All things, in short, to which belong The charm, the grace that Time makes strong, All these I prize, but (entre nous) Old friends are best! View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
What ye have been ye still shall be, When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers! View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books of yore - Rows of type, and nothing more. View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet. View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
All the seasons run their race In this quiet resting place; Peach, and apricot, and fig Here will ripen, and grow big; Here is store and overplus,- More had not Alcinoüs! View quote
Henry Austin Dobson
In merest prudence men should teach [...] That science ranks as monstrous things Two pairs of upper limbs; so wings- E'en angels' wings!-are fictions. (Henry Austin Dobson)
O English girl, divine, demure, To YOU I sing! View quote
Henry Austin Dobson