Robert Southey

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Robert Southey was an English Romantic poet. One of the "Lake Poets"; Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom 1813–1843.


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Quote Left The loss of a friend is like that of a limb time may heal the anguish of the wound, but the loss cannot be repaired. Quote Right
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Quote Left If there be any truer message of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives. Quote Right
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Quote Left No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are throughout persuaded of each other's worth. Quote Right
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Quote Left Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal. Quote Right
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Quote Left Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with confidence and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him. Quote Right
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