Winthrop Mackworth Praed

Portrait of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (1835 and 1839)

Winthrop Mackworth Praed (28 July 1802 – 15 July 1839) was an English politician and poet.

Quotes

• And oh! I shall find how, day by day,
  All thoughts and things look older;
  How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay,
  And the heart of friendship colder.
  • "Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 212.

• She was our queen, our rose, our star;
  And then she danced—O Heaven, her dancing!
  • "The Belle of the Ball" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 139.

• Some lie beneath the churchyard stone,
  And some before the speaker.
  • School and Schoolfellows.

• I remember, I remember
  How my childhood fleeted by,—
  The mirth of its December
  And the warmth of its July.
  • "I remember, I remember" in The Poetical Works of Winthrop Mackworth Praed (published 1860) p. 248. Compare: " I remember, I remember / The house where I was born", Thomas Hood, I remember, I remember.

• His partners at the whist-club said
  That he was faultless in his dealings.
  • Quince.

• Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy,
  And always blind, and often tipsy;
  Sometimes for years and years together,
  She ’ll bless you with the sunniest weather,
  Bestowing honour, pudding, pence,
  You can’t imagine why or whence;—
  Then in a moment—Presto, pass!—
  Your joys are withered like the grass;
  • The haunted Tree.

• John Bull was beat at Waterloo!
  They’ll swear to that in France.
  • Waterloo.

• Of science and logic he chatters,
  As fine and as fast as he can;
  Though I am no judge of such matters,
  I’m sure he’s a talented man.
  • The talented Man.

External links

Encyclopedic article on Winthrop Mackworth Praed on Wikipedia