Richard Henry Horne

Richard Henry Horne (later Richard Hengist Horne) (January 1, 1803 – March 13, 1884) was an English poet and critic.

Quotes

 * 'T is always morning somewhere in the world.
 * Orion (1843), Book iii, Canto ii. Compare: "'T is always morning somewhere", Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Wayside Inn. Birds of Killingworth, stanza 16.


 * A sweet content Passing all wisdom or its fairest flower.
 * Orion (1843), Book iii, Canto ii.


 * The wisdom of mankind creeps slowly on, Subject to every doubt that can retard Or fling it back upon an earlier time.
 * Orion (1843), Book iii, Canto ii.


 * Far out at sea,—the sun was high, While veer'd the wind and flapped the sail, We saw a snow-white butterfly Dancing before the fitful gale, Far out at sea.
 * Genius; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 88.


 * The laurel-tree grew large and strong, Its roots went searching deeply down; It split the marble walls of Wrong, And blossomed o'er the Despot's crown.
 * The Laurel Seed; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 439.


 * Ye rigid Plowmen! Bear in mind Your labor is for future hours. Advance! spare not! nor look behind! Plow deep and straight with all your powers!
 * The Plow, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919); reported as The Plough in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 18-19.


 * On me, on me Time and change can heap no more! The painful past with blighting grief Hath left my heart a withered leaf. Time and change can do no more.
 * Dirge; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 342-44.