Bryan Procter Quotes - Page 2

• So mightiest powers buy deepest calms are fed, And sleep, how oft, in things that gentlest be!

  Bryan Procter

  Sleep, Literature, Calm

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• Most writers steal a good thing when they can, and when 'Tis safely got 'Tis worth the winning. The worst of 't is we now and then detect em, they ever dream that we suspect em.

  Bryan Procter

  Dream, Winning, Ems

  Bryan Waller Procter (1820). “A Sicilian Story ; with Diego de Montilla and Other Poems”, p.135

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• O human beauty, what a dream art thou, that we should cast our life and hopes away on thee!

  Bryan Procter

  Beauty, Dream, Art

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• Not the rich viol, trump, cymbal, nor horn,
  Guitar, nor cittern, nor the pining flute,
  Are half so sweet as tender human words.

  Bryan Procter

  Music, Sweet, Guitar

  Bryan Waller Procter (1857). “Dramatic Scenes ; with Other Poems Now First Printed”, p.218

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