Thomas Haynes Bayly quotes

The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me. (Thomas Haynes Bayly)

Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary, Power, alas! naught but misery brings!

Thomas Haynes Bayly

The mistletoe hung in the castle hall, The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

I'm saddest when I sing.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

She wore a wreath of roses The first night that we met.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Friends depart, and memory takes them To her caverns, pure and deep.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands, And many friends I've met; Not one fair scene or kindly smile Can this fond heart forget.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Surely 't is better, when summer is over To die when all fair things are fading away.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Oh, pilot! 'tis a fearful night, There's danger on the deep.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be. (Thomas Haynes Bayly)

Why don't the men propose, Mamma? Why don't the men propose?

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

I'd be a butterfly born in a bower, Where roses and lilies and violets meet.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

We met,-'t was in a crowd.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

I've now got the music book ready, Do sit up and sing like a lady A recitative from Tancredi, And something about "Palpiti!" Sing forte when first you begin it, Piano the very next minute, They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"

Thomas Haynes Bayly

We met, 'twas in a crowd, and I thought he would shun me.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Gayly the troubadour Touched his guitar.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Absence makes the heart grow fonder: Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!

Thomas Haynes Bayly

My fond affection thou hast seen, Then judge of my regret To think more happy thou hadst been If we had never met.

Thomas Haynes Bayly

Oh no: we never mention her!
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word. (Thomas Haynes Bayly)

Thomas Haynes Bayly

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Occupation: English Poet
Born: October 13, 1797
Died: April 22, 1839
Quotes count: 21
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