Savage Landor

Famous quotes containing the words savage landor, savage and/or landor:

    Stand close around,ye Stygian set,
    With Dirce in one boat convey’d,
    Or Charon, seeing, may forget
    That he is old, and she a shade.
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)

    I have since written what no tide
    Shall ever wash away, what men
    Unborn shall read o’er ocean wide
    And find Ianthe’s name agen.
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)

    Verse calls them forth; ‘tis verse that gives
    Immortal youth to mortal maids.
    —Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)