Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839) was an English politician and poet.
Read more about Winthrop Mackworth Praed: Early Life, Entry Into Political Life, Candidate For St Ives, MP For Great Yarmouth and For Aylesbury, Personal Life and Characteristics of His Writing, Literary Works; Praed Society At Eton
Famous quotes by winthrop mackworth praed:
“When all who had money and leisure
Grew rural o’er ices and wines,
All pleasantly toiling for pleasure,
All hungrily pining for pines,
And making of beautiful speeches,
And marring of beautiful shows,
And feeding on delicate peaches,
And treading on delicate toes.”
—Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839)
“And when religious sects ran mad,
He held, in spite of all his learning,
That if a man’s belief is bad,
It will not be improved by burning.”
—Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839)
“His talk was like a spring, which runs
With rapid change from rocks to roses:
It slipped from politics to puns,
It passed from Mahomet to Moses;
Beginning with the laws which keep
The planets in their radiant courses,
And ending with some precept deep
For dressing eels, or shoeing horses.”
—Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1802–1839)