Frederick Locker-Lampson Quotes (1821-1895)

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Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) was an English man of letters and poet.

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β€œWhat an armβ€”what a waist
For an arm!”
β€œThe world's as ugly, ay, as Sin,β€”
And almost as delightful.”
β€œLightly I sped when hope was high
And youth beguiled the chase,β€”
I follow, follow still: But I
Shall never see her face.”
β€œAnd this was your Cradle? Why, surely, my Jenny,
Such cozy dimensions go clearly to show
You were an exceedingly small pickaninny,
Some nineteen or twenty short summers ago.”
β€œ"Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears
Of gentle and simple for thousands of years;
The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare
Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.”

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Frederick Locker-Lampson on Shoemaking 3 quotes

β€œOh, where did hunter win So delicate a skin For her feet? You lucky little kid, You perished, so you did, For my sweet.”
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Frederick Locker-Lampson on Infant 2 quotes

β€œA tight little bundle of wailing and flannel, Perplex'd with the newly found fardel of life.”
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Frederick Locker-Lampson on Disappointment

β€œLightly I sped when hope was high And youth beguiled the chase,β€” I follow, follow still: But I Shall never see her face.”
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Frederick Locker-Lampson on Cuckoos

β€œAnd now I hear its voice again, And still its message is of peace, It sings of love that will not cease, For me it never sings in vain.”
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Frederick Locker-Lampson on Vanity

β€œ"Vanitas vanitatum" has rung in the ears Of gentle and simple for thousands of years; The wail still is heard, yet its notes never scare Either simple or gentle from Vanity Fair.”
Frederick Locker-Lampson

About Frederick Locker-Lampson

Frederick Locker-Lampson (1821–1895) was an English man of letters and poet.