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Leigh Hunt
18 quotes
“That there is pain and evil, is no rule That I should make it greater, like a fool.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1823 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: A Thought or Two on Reading Pomfret's 'Choice'", in The Liberal, vol. 2 (1823), p. 271
“Stolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, stolen, be your apples.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1830 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Song of Fairies Robbing an Orchard", in The Tatler (8 Sep. 1830), p. 16
“She dropped her glove, to prove his love, then looked at him and smiled; He bowed, and in a moment leaped among the lions wild: The leap was quick, return was quick, he has regained his place, Then threw the glove, but not with love, right in the lady's face. "By God!" said Francis, "rightly done!" and he rose from where he sat: "No love," quoth he, "but vanity, sets love a task like that.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1836 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Glove and the Lions", in The New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal (1836), pt. ii, p. 40
“His lady to remove the toll that makes the land forlorn, Will surely ride through Coventry, naked as she was born.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1850 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Godiva", st. 1, in The New Monthly Magazine, and Humorist (Mar. 1850), p. 287
“Jenny kissed me when we met, Jumping from the chair she sat in; Time, you thief, who love to get Sweets into your list, put that in. Say I'm weary, say I'm sad, Say that health and wealth have missed me; Say I'm growing old, but add Jenny kissed me.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1838 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Jenny Kissed Me", in The Monthly Chronicle (Nov. 1838), p. 436 [variant: 'Nelly' for 'Jenny']
“Fishes do not roar; they cannot express any sound of suffering; and therefore the angler chooses to think they do not suffer, more than it is convenient for him to fancy. Now it is a poor sport that depends for its existence on the want of a voice in the sufferer, and of imagination in the sportsman.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1848 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Town: Its Memorable Characters and Events (1848), p. 151
“The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1851 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Table-Talk (1851), p. 62
“If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1851 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Table-Talk (1851), p. 104
“Oh for a seat in some poetic nook, Just hid with trees and sparkling with a brook!”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1811 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Politics and Poetics", l. 72, in The Reflector, vol. i, no. 2 (Mar. 1811), p. 363
“The two divinest things this world has got, A lovely woman in a rural spot!”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“With spots of sunny openings, and with nooks To lie and read in, sloping into brooks.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The world was all forgot, the struggle o’er, Desperate the joy.— That day they read no more.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It flows through old hushed Egypt and its sands, Like some grave mighty thought threading a dream, And times and things, as in that vision, seem Keeping along it their eternal stands.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“. . . and then we wake, And hear the fruitful stream lapsing along Twixt villages, and think how we shall take Our own calm journey on for human sake.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An Angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the Presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord." "And is mine one?" said Abou. "Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerily still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow men." The Angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And, lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest!”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) first seen 1834 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Abou Ben Adhem", in The Amulet (1834)
“Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Write me as one who loves his fellow-men.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.”
Leigh Hunt (1784–1859) said by 1859 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source