William Robert Spencer

William Robert Spencer (1769–1834) was an English poet, educated at Harrow School and the University of Oxford.

Quotes

 * Too late I stayed,—forgive the crime! Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers.
 * Lines to Lady A. Hamilton, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time", William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Scene 3.