Thomas William Parsons

Thomas William Parsons (August 18, 1819 – September 3, 1892) was an American dentist and poet.

Quotes

 * Sorrow and scarlet leaf, Sad thoughts and sunny weather: Ah me, this glory and this grief Agree not well together!
 * A Song for September, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * No dream his life was—but a fight! Could any Beatrice see A lover in that anchorite?
 * On a Bust of Dante, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).


 * O Time! whose verdicts mock our own, The only righteous judge art thou!
 * On a Bust of Dante, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).