“Essere ricordato in qualche occasione è l'unica fama in cui spero.”
da Men of Letters, in Dreamthorp, 1863
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da On Death and the Fear of Dying, in Dreamthorp
“La morte è il fatto più spiacevole che la Natura deve nascondere, e vi riesce egregiamente.”
da The Fear of Dying, in City Poems, 1857
“Non siamo mai felici; dobbiamo solo ricordare che lo eravamo una volta.”
da On Death and the Fear of Dying, in Dreamthorp
“Preferirei essere ricordato per mezzo di una canzone piuttosto cha da una vittoria.”
da Men of Letters, in Dreamthorp
Alexander Smith: Frasi in inglese
“The saddest thing that befalls a soul
Is when it loses faith in God and woman.”
Scene 12.
A Life Drama and other Poems (1853)
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A Life Drama and other Poems (1853)
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A Life Drama and other Poems (1853)
Dreamthorp: Essays written in the Country (1863).
“Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well.”
"The Fear of Dying".
City Poems (1857)
“A poem round and perfect as a star.”
Scene 2.
A Life Drama and other Poems (1853)
“Like a pale martyr in his shirt of fire.”
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A Life Drama and other Poems (1853)
“Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine.”
Dreamthorp: Essays written in the Country (1863).
“Everything is sweetened by risk.”
"The Fear of Dying".
City Poems (1857)
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