Coventry Patmore

(1823–1896) Poet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

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Coventry Patmore was a poet from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for The Espousals.

Quick Facts About Coventry Patmore

Born: July 23, 1823
Died: November 26, 1896
Nationality: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Profession: Poet
Notable works: The Espousals
Spouse: Emily Patmore

About Coventry Patmore

Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry The Angel in the House (1854), a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Coventry Patmore · Page 2

What a Lover sees in the Beloved is the projected shadow of his own potential beauty in the eyes of God.

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Beauty

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All the love and joy that a man has ever received in perception is laid up in him as the sunshine of…

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Hundred

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The moods of love are like the wind, And none knows whence or why they rise.

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Inspirational

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Uncommon things must be said in common words.

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Common

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They who ask for no sign shall have many.

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Asks

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It is one thing to be blind, and another to be in darkness.

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Blind

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The sunshine dreaming upon Salmon's heightIs not so sweet and whiteAs the most heretofore sin-spotted SoulThat darts to its delightStraight from the…

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Absolution

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Science is a line, art a superficies, and life or the knowledge of God, a solid.

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Art

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The promises of God are samples of what is promised; as a handful of wheat is of the barn.

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Barns

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The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it…

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Desire

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The Spirit of man is like a kite, which rises by means of those very forces which seem to oppose its rise;…

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Affection

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Uncommon things must be said in common words, if you would have them to be received in less than a century.

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Century

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To him that waits all things reveal themselves, provided that he has the courage not to deny, in the darkness, what he…

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Courage

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Books are influential in proportion to their obscurity, provided that the obscurity be that of inexpressible Realities. The Bible is the most…

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Bible

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Life is not life at all without delight.

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Delight

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“The Angel in the House" Man must be pleased; but him to please Is woman's pleasure; down the gulf Of his condoled…

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Love

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A woman is a foreign land.

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Foreign lands

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Great is his faith who dares believe his own eyes.

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Believe

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Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach…

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Book

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How light the touches are that kiss the music from the chords of life!

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Chords

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To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what…

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Courage

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Ask abundantly, for the measure of your asking shall be that of your receiving.

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Asking

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Coventry Patmore by topic

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