Thomas William Parsons

American writer

Thomas William Parsons (August 18, 1819September 3, 1892) was an American dentist and poet.

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  • Sorrow and scarlet leaf,
    Sad thoughts and sunny weather:
    Ah me, this glory and this grief
    Agree not well together!
  • A Song for September, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
  • No dream his life was—but a fight!
    Could any Beatrice see
    A lover in that anchorite?
  • On a Bust of Dante, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
  • O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,
    The only righteous judge art thou!
  • On a Bust of Dante, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

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