“Oh, the summer night / HAS A SMILE OF LIGHT / And she sits on a sapphire throne.”
Quotes by Barry Cornwall
“Touch us gently, gentle Time! We've not proud nor soaring wings, Our ambition, our content, Lies in simple things; Humble voyagers are we O'er life's dim unsounded sea; Touch us gently, gentle Time !”
Barry CornwallBryan Waller Procter, known by his pen name Barry Cornwall, was an English poet whose work gained recognition in the early 19th century. Born in 1787, he was not only a writer but also served as a Com...