Charles Stuart Calverley

Charles Stuart Calverley ( /ˈkɑːvərlɪ/; December 22, 1831 – February 17, 1884) was an English poet and wit. He was the literary father of what has been called "the university school of humour".

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    Tell me, Grinder, if thou grindest
    Always, always out of tune.
    —Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)

    The distractions, the exhaustions, the savage noises, the demands of town life, are, for me, mortal enemies to thought, to sleep, and to study; its extremes of squalor and of splendor do not stimulate, but sadden me; certain phases of its society I profoundly value, but would sacrifice them to the heaven of country quiet, if I had to choose between.
    —Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1844–1911)

    ‘Tis not that thy mien is stately,
    ‘Tis not that thy tones are soft;
    —Charles Stuart Calverley (1831–1884)