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Thomas Haynes Bayly
22 quotes
“I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady A recitative from Tancredi, And something about "Palpiti!" Sing forte when first you begin it, Piano the very next minute, They'll cry "What expression there's in it!" Don't sing English ballads to me!”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Don't Sing English Ballads to Me; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 56.
“We met,—'twas in a crowd.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: We met, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Parodied by Thomas Hood: We met,—'twas in a mob.
“Gayly the troubadour Touched his guitar.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Welcome me Home, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Why don't the Men propose?, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“She wore a wreath of roses The first night that we met.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: She wore a Wreath, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Teach me to forget, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Long, long ago, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“The rose that all are praising Is not the rose for me.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Rose that all are praising, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Oh pilot, 'tis a fearful night! There's danger on the deep.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Pilot, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Pilot, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Isle of Beauty, st. 3, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I find that absence still increases love", Charles Hopkins, To C. C.; "Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence swe…
“The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Mistletoe Bough, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands, And many friends I've met; Not one fair scene or kindly smile Can this fond heart forget.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Oh, steer my Bark to Erin's Isle, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: To my Wife, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
“I'm saddest when I sing.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: You think I have a merry heart, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I can’t sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder e…
“I'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Those, who have wealth, must be watchful and wary; Power, alas! nought but misery brings!”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sure it is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Oh no: we never mention her! Her name is never heard; My lips are now forbid to speak That once familiar word.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We met,--'t was in a crowd.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“She wore a wreath of roses The night that first we met.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source
“Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night! There 's danger on the deep.”
Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) said by 1839 at the latest bartlett, Public domain source