Mild arch of promise! on the evening sky Thou shinest fair with many a lovely ray, Each in the other melting.
Robert SoutheyThe three indispensable of genius are: understanding, feeling, and perseverance; the three things that enrich genius are: contentment of mind, the cherishing of good thoughts, and the exercise of memory
Robert SoutheyIt has been more wittily than charitably said that hell is paved with good intentions; they have their place in heaven also.
Robert SoutheyWhoever has tasted the breath of morning knows that the most invigorating and most delightful hours of then day are commonly spent in bed; though it is the evident intention of nature that we should enjoy and profit by them.
Robert SoutheyI have told you of the Spaniard who always put on his spectacles when about to eat cherries, that they might look bigger and more attempting. In like manner I made the most of my enjoyment s: and through I do not cast my cares away, I pack them in as little compass as I can, and carry them as conveniently as I can for myself, and never let them annoy others.
Robert Southey