Goldsmith Composed

Famous quotes containing the words goldsmith and/or composed:

“Ill fares the land, to hast’ning ills a prey,
Where wealth accumulates, and men decay.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)

“The major men
That is different. They are characters beyond
Reality, composed thereof. They are
The fictive man created out of men.
They are men but artificial men.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)