--- title: "12 Mark Akenside Quotes - Famous Poet (The pleasures of imagination)" description: "English poet and physician. Browse 12 Mark Akenside quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-akenside-64074.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b017/author-mark-akenside-64074.jpg) # Mark Akenside (1721–1770) Poet Kingdom of Great Britain **12** quotes in **137** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Mark Akenside was a poet from the Kingdom of Great Britain, best known for *The pleasures of imagination*. ## Quick Facts About Mark Akenside Born November 9, 1721 Died June 23, 1770 Nationality Kingdom of Great Britain Profession Poet Notable works The pleasures of imagination ## About Mark Akenside Mark Akenside was an English poet and physician. ## Awards & Honors Croonian Medal and Lecture Goulstonian Lectures Harveian Oration Fellow of the Royal Society ## Quotes by Mark Akenside > [Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/seeks-painted-trifles-and-fantastic-toys-and-eagerly-pursues/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/mark-akenside-36868_artist_seeks-painted-trifles-and-fantastic-toys_139844.jpg) > [Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/truth-and-good-are-one-and-beauty-dwells-in-them-and-they-in-her/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/mark-akenside-36868_funny_truth-and-good-are-one-and-beauty-dwells_1739214.jpg) > [Such and so various are the tastes of men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/such-and-so-various-are-the-tastes-of-men/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Greatness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatness/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/mark-akenside-36868_men_such-and-so-various-are-the-tastes-of-me_1083845.jpg) > [Away! Away! Tempt me no more insidious love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/away-away-tempt-me-no-more-insidious-love/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e80/mark-akenside-36868_funny_away-away-tempt-me-no-more-insidious-lov_1839577.jpg) > [The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/the-man-forget-not-though-in-rags-he-lies-and-know-the-mortal-through/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89c/mark-akenside-36868_crowns_the-man-forget-not-though-in-rags-he-lie_1861483.jpg) > [Different minds incline to different objects; one pursues the vast alone, the wonderful, the wild; another sighs for harmony and grace, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/different-minds-incline-to-different-objects-one-pursues-the-vast/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/173/mark-akenside-36868_beauty_different-minds-incline-to-different-obj_2909967.jpg) > [This was Shakespeare's form ; Who walk'd in every path of human life, Felt every passion ; and to all mankind Doth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/this-was-shakespeare-s-form-who-walk-d-in-every-path-of-human-life/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85b/mark-akenside-36868_acquire_this-was-shakespeare-s-form-who-walk-d-i_19766.jpg) > [Nor ever yet the melting rainbow's vernal-tinctur'd hues to me have shone so pleasing, as when first the hand of science pointed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/nor-ever-yet-the-melting-rainbow-s-vernal-tinctur-d-hues-to-me-have/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b9/mark-akenside-36868_beam_nor-ever-yet-the-melting-rainbow-s-verna_2374014.jpg) > [SCIENCE! thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental Day, Free, generous, and refin'd! Descend with all thy treasures fraught,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/science-thou-fair-effusive-ray-from-the-great-source-of-mental-day/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/mark-akenside-36868_accounts_science-thou-fair-effusive-ray-from-the_18570.jpg) > [Hence when lightning fires the arch of heaven, and thunders rock the ground, when furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, and ocean,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/hence-when-lightning-fires-the-arch-of-heaven-and-thunders-rock-the/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/mark-akenside-36868_air_hence-when-lightning-fires-the-arch-of-h_2668221.jpg) > [The immortal mind, superior to his fate, amid the outrage of external things, firm as the solid base of this great world,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/the-immortal-mind-superior-to-his-fate-amid-the-outrage-of-external/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/mark-akenside-36868_blow_the-immortal-mind-superior-to-his-fate-a_920224.jpg) > [Thou silent power, whose welcome sway charms every anxious thought away; in whose divine oblivion drown'd, sore pain and weary toil grow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/thou-silent-power-whose-welcome-sway-charms-every-anxious-thought/) [Mark Akenside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/054/mark-akenside-36868_air_thou-silent-power-whose-welcome-sway-cha_1494643.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-akenside/#itemlist", "name": "Mark Akenside Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Akenside" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/seeks-painted-trifles-and-fantastic-toys-and-eagerly-pursues/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/mark-akenside-36868_artist_seeks-painted-trifles-and-fantastic-toys_139844.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/mark-akenside-36868_artist_seeks-painted-trifles-and-fantastic-toys_139844.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01b/mark-akenside-36868_artist_seeks-painted-trifles-and-fantastic-toys_139844.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, and eagerly pursues imaginary joys.” — Mark Akenside", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Akenside" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/truth-and-good-are-one-and-beauty-dwells-in-them-and-they-in-her/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/mark-akenside-36868_funny_truth-and-good-are-one-and-beauty-dwells_1739214.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/mark-akenside-36868_funny_truth-and-good-are-one-and-beauty-dwells_1739214.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39c/mark-akenside-36868_funny_truth-and-good-are-one-and-beauty-dwells_1739214.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Truth and Good are one; and Beauty dwells in them, and they in her.” — Mark Akenside", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Such and so various are the tastes of men.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Akenside" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/such-and-so-various-are-the-tastes-of-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/mark-akenside-36868_men_such-and-so-various-are-the-tastes-of-me_1083845.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/mark-akenside-36868_men_such-and-so-various-are-the-tastes-of-me_1083845.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/389/mark-akenside-36868_men_such-and-so-various-are-the-tastes-of-me_1083845.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Such and so various are the tastes of men.” — Mark Akenside", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Away! 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Descend with all thy treasures fraught, Illumine each bewilder'd thought, And bless my labour'g mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Akenside" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-akenside/science-thou-fair-effusive-ray-from-the-great-source-of-mental-day/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/mark-akenside-36868_accounts_science-thou-fair-effusive-ray-from-the_18570.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/mark-akenside-36868_accounts_science-thou-fair-effusive-ray-from-the_18570.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8eb/mark-akenside-36868_accounts_science-thou-fair-effusive-ray-from-the_18570.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“SCIENCE! thou fair effusive ray From the great source of mental Day, Free, generous, and refin'd! 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