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James Montgomery Quotes About Joy

Quotes about: Joy
  • Joys too exquisite to last, And yet more exquisite when past.

    James Montgomery (1838). “Lectures on general literature, poetry &c: delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831”, p.67
  • Night is the time to weep,To wet with unseen tearsThose graves of memory where sleepThe joys of other years.

    Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1829). “The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: Complete in One Volume”, p.171
  • Bliss in possession will not last; Remembered joys are never past.

    James Montgomery (1881). “The poetical works of James Montgomery, with notes, etc”

James Montgomery

  • Born: November 4, 1771
  • Died: April 30, 1854
  • Occupation: Editor
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