Thomas Campbell

Poet

Thomas Campbell was a Scottish poet known for his exploration of imagination and reality, particularly in his notable work 'The Pleasures of Hope.'

Born
July 1, 1777
Died
June 15, 1844
Quotes
56
Rank
#2006

Quote collection

Thomas Campbell quotes (page 2 of 3)

56 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.

Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"What though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel visits, few and far between."

Read quote 5 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep."

Read quote 5 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Fundamental assumptions in general and scientific assumptions in particular are so hard to overturn because they are based on belief. Beliefs are so hard to overcome because they are irrational and therefore do not yield to logical argument."

Read quote 5 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"The only thing that is fundamental (real) is consciousness itself; all else is virtual- i.e., a result of an exchange of information within consciousness."

Read quote 4 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Beauty's witching sway is now to me a star that's fallen-a dream that's passed away."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Ye mariners of England! That guard our native seas; Whose flag has braved a thousand years, The battle and the breeze!"

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there, To waft us home the message of despair?"

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Who hail thee, Man! the pilgrim of the day, spouse of the worm, and brother of the clay."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo."

Read quote 3 likes
Thomas Campbell Poet
Popular

"Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art."

Read quote 3 likes