Famous James Thomson Quotations

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"Once in a stately passion / I cried with desperate grief,/ 'O Lord, my heart is black with guile,/ Of sinners I am chief.'"
by James Thomson
"A little, round, fat, oily man of God."
by James Thomson
"Absence, with all its pains, is, by this charming moment, wiped away."
by James Thomson
"More firm and sure the hand of courage strikes, when it obeys the watchful eye of caution."
by James Thomson
"Ingratitude is treason to mankind."
by James Thomson
"I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?"
by James Thomson
"And all sad scenes and thoughts and feelings vanish In that sweet sleep no power can ever banish,..."
by James Thomson
"For life is but a dream whose shapes return, Some frequently, some seldom, some by night And some by day,"
by James Thomson
"The City is of Night; perchance of Death, But certainly of Night; for never there..."
by James Thomson


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