Collins

Famous quotes containing the word collins:

    “Though taste, though genius bless
    To some divine excess,
    Faint’s the cold work till thou inspire the whole;
    What each, what all supply,
    May court, may charm our eye,
    Thou, only thou, canst raise the meeting soul!”
    —William Collins (1721–1759)

    “All up and down the whole creation,
    Sadly I roam,
    Still longing for the old plantation,
    And for the old folks at home.”
    —Stephen Collins Foster (1826–1864)

    “But com’st a decent maid,
    In Attic robe array’d,
    O chaste, unboastful nymph, to thee I call!”
    —William Collins (1721–1759)