John Addington Symonds



John Addington Symonds (October 5 1840 – April 19, 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. He was an early advocate of the validity of homosexuality.

Quotes

 * No seed shall perish which the soul hath sown.
 * Sonnet. Versöhnung. A Belief.


 * Gods fade; but God abides and in man’s heart Speaks with the clear unconquerable cry  Of energies and hopes that can not die.
 * Sonnet. On the Sacro Monte.


 * She smiled, and the shadows departed; She shone, and the snows were rain; And he who was frozen-hearted  Bloomed up into love again.
 * Eyebright.