Samuel Rogers Quotes

• I lived to write, and wrote to live.

  Samuel Rogers

  Escribir

  Samuel Rogers (1830). “Italy: A Poem”, p.205

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• Dulce recuerdo, mecido por el suave vendaval,
  Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail,
  para ver los refugios de hadas de las horas perdidas,
  Bendecidos con sombras mucho más verdes, flores mucho más frescas.

  Samuel Rogers

  Sweet, Memories, Flower

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1839). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White”, p.13

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• When a new book is published, read an old one.

  Samuel Rogers

  Book, New Books

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• Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

  Samuel Rogers

  Heart, Understanding

  Samuel Rogers, William Maltby (1856). “Recollections of the Table-talk of Samuel Rogers: To which is Added Porsoniana”, p.121

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• Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

  Samuel Rogers

  Littles, Blank, Gentle

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• Casi todos los hombres son demasiado ansiosos. Tan pronto como entran en el mundo, pierden el gusto por los placeres naturales y sencillos, tan notable en los primeros años de su vida. Cada hora se preguntan qué progresos han hecho en la búsqueda de la riqueza o el honor, y siguen adelante como sus padres lo hicieron antes que ellos, hasta que, cansados y enfermos del corazón, miran hacia atrás con un suspiro de pesar, a la época dorada de su infancia.

  Samuel Rogers

  Regret, Father, Heart

  Samuel Rogers (1842). “Italy, a Poem”, p.178

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• Then never less alone than when alone.

  Samuel Rogers

  Soledad

  'Human Life' (1819) l. 755

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• The soul of music slumbers in the shell Till waked and kindled by the master's spell; And feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour A thousand melodies unheard before!

  Samuel Rogers

  Heart, Soul, Feelings

  Samuel Rogers (1839). “Poems ...”, p.13

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• Gentle to others, to himself severe.

  Samuel Rogers

  Kindness, Gentle, Severe

  Samuel Rogers (1827). “Poems ... A new edition”, p.258

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• Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.

  Samuel Rogers

  Sweet, Time, Memories

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1839). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White”, p.13

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• To know her was to love her.

  Samuel Rogers

  Love, Short Love, Headstone

  Samuel Rogers (1836). “Poems”, p.144

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• Vast and deep the mountain shadows grew.

  Samuel Rogers

  Shadow, Mountain, Evening

  Samuel Rogers (1860). “Poems: With Some Particulars of the Life of Samuel Rogers”, p.125

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• Man to the last is but a froward child;
  So eager for the future, come what may,
  And to the present so insensible.

  Samuel Rogers

  Children, Men, Childhood

  Samuel Rogers (1856). “Poetical works”, p.221

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• Ward has no heart, they say, but I deny it: He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it.

  Samuel Rogers

  Heart, Speech, Deny

  Samuel Rogers (1854). “The complete poetical works of Samuel Rogers: with a biographical sketch, and notes”, p.28

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• Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire,
  As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

  Samuel Rogers

  Summer, Fire, Clouds

  Samuel Rogers (1849). “Poems”

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• It doesn't much signify whom one marries, for one is sure to find next morning that it was someone else.

  Samuel Rogers

  Funny, Marriage, Morning

  In Alexander Dyce (ed.) 'Table Talk' (1860)

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• Feeling hearts--touch them but lightly--pour
  A thousand melodies unheard before.

  Samuel Rogers

  Heart, Feelings, Thousand

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• Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

  Samuel Rogers

  Happiness, Ease, Hours

  Samuel Rogers (1843). “Poems”, p.94

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• That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source,- That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.

  Samuel Rogers

  Law, Tears, Earth

  Samuel Rogers (1793). “The Pleasures of Memory”, p.118

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• I came to the place of my birth and cried: "The friends of my youth, where are they?"--and an echo answered, "Where are they?

  Samuel Rogers

  Echoes, Youth, Birth

  Samuel Rogers (1854). “The complete poetical works of Samuel Rogers: with a biographical sketch, and notes”, p.93

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• Lull'd in the countless chambers of the brain,
  Our thoughts are link'd by many a hidden chain;
  Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise!
  Each stamps its image as the other flies!

  Samuel Rogers

  Brain, Links, Stamps

  Samuel Rogers (1802). “The Pleasures of Memory ... By the author of "An Ode to Superstition, with some other poems" i.e. Samuel Rogers . Fourth edition”, p.14

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• By many a temple half as old as Time.

  Samuel Rogers

  Time, Half, Temples

  'Italy. A Farewell' (1828) 2, 5.

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• The hour arrives, the moment wish'd and fear'd,
  The child is born by many a pang endear'd
  And now the mother's ear has caught his cry;
  O grant the cherub to her asking eye!
  He comes--she clasps him. To her bosom press'd
  He drinks the balm of life, and drops to rest.

  Samuel Rogers

  Madre, Niños, Ojo

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• To vanish in the chinks that Time has made.

  Samuel Rogers

  Time, Made, Chinks

  Samuel Rogers (1842). “Italy, a Poem”, p.217

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• Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

  Samuel Rogers

  Sunset, Play, Long

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell (1858). “The pleasures of memory, by S. Rogers. The pleasures of hope, by T. Campbell”, p.22

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