Winthrop Mackworth Praed



Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839) was an English politician and poet.

Quotes

 * And oh! I shall find how, day by day, All thoughts and things look older; How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay, And the heart of friendship colder.
 * "Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 212.


 * She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she danced—O Heaven, her dancing!
 * "The Belle of the Ball" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 139.


 * Some lie beneath the churchyard stone, And some before the speaker.
 * School and Schoolfellows.


 * I remember, I remember How my childhood fleeted by,— The mirth of its December And the warmth of its July.
 * "I remember, I remember" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 248. Compare: " I remember, I remember / The house where I was born", Thomas Hood, I remember, I remember.


 * His partners at the whist-club said That he was faultless in his dealings.
 * Quince.


 * Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy, And always blind, and often tipsy; Sometimes for years and years together, She ’ll bless you with the sunniest weather, Bestowing honour, pudding, pence, You can’t imagine why or whence;— Then in a moment—Presto, pass!— Your joys are withered like the grass;
 * The haunted Tree.


 * John Bull was beat at Waterloo! They’ll swear to that in France.
 * Waterloo.


 * Of science and logic he chatters, As fine and as fast as he can; Though I am no judge of such matters, I’m sure he’s a talented man.
 * The talented Man.