James Merrick

James Merrick (1720–1769) was an English poet and scholar.

Quotes

 * Not what we wish, but what we want, Oh, let thy grace supply!
 * Hymn, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "Let not that happen which I wish, but that which is right", Menander, Fragment.


 * Oft has it been my lot to mark A proud, conceited, talking spark.
 * The Chameleon, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * Oh let thy fear within me dwell, Thy love my footsteps guide ; That love shall vainer loves expel, That fear all fears beside.
 * "The Sacred Poets of England and America For Three Centuries" printed 1848.