"The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to……" — Henry Austin Dobson
"The ladies of St. James's! They're painted to the eyes; Their white is stays for ever, Their red it never dies; But Phyllida, my Phillida! Her colour comes and goes; It trembles to a lily,-- It wavers to a rose."
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Henry Austin Dobson
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12 Quotes by Henry Austin Dobson
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Love comes unseen; we only see it go.
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All the seasons run their race In this quiet resting-place; Peach, and apricot, and fig Here will ripen, and grow…
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All passes, Art alone Enduring stays to us; The Bust out-lasts the throne,-- The coin, Tiberius.
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In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,-O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes!…
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He is a Patron who looks down, / With careless eyes on men who drown; / But if they chance…
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Time goes, you say? Ah, no! alas, time stays, we go.
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I intended an Ode, And it turned to a Sonnet.
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Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till…
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Not as ours the books of old - Things that steam can stamp and fold; Not as ours the books…
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What ye have been ye still shall be, When we are dust the dust among, O yellow flowers!
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Alas, time stays, we go.
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