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Edmund Gosse

English poet, author and critic (1849–1928) From Wikiquote, the free quote compendium

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Edmund William Gosse (21 September 184916 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic.

Quotes

  • A sheep in sheep's clothing.
    • Of T. Sturge Moore, c. 1906
    • Quoted in Ferris Greenslet, Under the Bridge, ch.12.
  • Ah! sovereign Love, forgive this weaker rhyme!
    The men of old who sang were great at heart,
    Yet have we too known woe, and worn thy rose.
    • "Sestina", coda, in New Poems (1879)
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