--- title: "4 William Barnes Quotes - Famous Entomologist (Poems of rural life: in the Dorset dialect)" description: "William Barnes was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. Browse 4 William Barnes quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-barnes-95197.jpg" --- ![Portrait of William Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-barnes-95197.jpg) # William Barnes (1860–1930) Entomologist United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland **4** quotes in **35** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet William Barnes was an entomologist from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, best known for *Poems of rural life: in the Dorset dialect*. ## Quick Facts About William Barnes Born September 3, 1860 Died May 1, 1930 Nationality United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Profession Entomologist Notable works Poems of rural life: in the Dorset dialect ## About William Barnes William Barnes was an English polymath, writer, poet, philologist, priest, mathematician, engraving artist and inventor. He wrote over 800 poems, some in Dorset dialect, and much other work, including a comprehensive English grammar quoting from more than 70 different languages. A linguistic purist, Barnes strongly advocated against borrowing foreign words into English, and instead supported the use and proliferation of "strong old Anglo-Saxon speech". ## Quotes by William Barnes > [It was a chilly winter's night; And frost was glitt'ring on theground, And evening stars were twinkling bright;](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barnes/it-was-a-chilly-winter-s-night-and-frost-was-glitt-ring-on-theground/) [William Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barnes/) [Great saying by great authors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/great-saying-by-great-authors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/william-barnes-65880_great-saying-by-grea_it-was-a-chilly-winter-s-night-and-frost_49041.jpg) > [Now voe me I can zing on my business abrode: Though the storm do beat down on my poll, There's a wife…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barnes/now-voe-me-i-can-zing-on-my-business-abrode-though-the-storm-do-beat/) [William Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barnes/) [Beats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/william-barnes-65880_beats_now-voe-me-i-can-zing-on-my-business-abr_1251001.jpg) > [The beautiful in nature is the unmarred result of God's first creative or forming will,and ..the beautiful in art is the result…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barnes/the-beautiful-in-nature-is-the-unmarred-result-of-god-s-first/) [William Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barnes/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13c/william-barnes-65880_art_the-beautiful-in-nature-is-the-unmarred_1391922.jpg) > [We souls on foot, with foot-folk meet: For we that cannot hope to ride For ease or pride, have fellowship.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barnes/we-souls-on-foot-with-foot-folk-meet-for-we-that-cannot-hope-to-ride/) [William Barnes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barnes/) [Ease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ease/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de1/william-barnes-65880_ease_we-souls-on-foot-with-foot-folk-meet-for_2750642.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barnes/#itemlist", "name": "William Barnes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was a chilly winter's night; And frost was glitt'ring on theground, And evening stars were twinkling bright;", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "William Barnes" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barnes/it-was-a-chilly-winter-s-night-and-frost-was-glitt-ring-on-theground/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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