A. C. Benson
English essayist and poet, 1862–1925
Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was a British essayist, poet and author.
Quotes
editWatersprings (1902)
edit- "I must consider," said Monica with a smile, "but one can't do these things offhand--that is worse than doing nothing. I'll tell you what to do NOW. Why not go and stay with Aunt Anne? She would like to see you, I know, and I have always thought it rather lazy of you not to go there--she is rather a remarkable woman, and it's a pretty country. Have you ever been there?"
- Chapter II, Restlessness.
The Isles of Sunset (1904)
edit- Let those whose Hearts and Hands are strong
Tell eager Tales of mighty Deeds;
Enough if my sequestered song
To hush'd and twilight Gardens leads!
Clear Waters, drawn from secret Wells
Perchance may fevered Lips assuage;
The Tales an elder Pilgrim tells
To such as go on Pilgrimage.
Such the soft Path my Words would trace,
Thus with the moving Waters move;
So leave, across the Ocean's Face,
A glimmering Stair to Hope and Love.- Prologue.
Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free,
How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee?
Wider still, and wider, shall thy bounds be set;
God, who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet!
Escape, and Other Essays (1915)
edit- All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality — the story of an escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times — how to escape.
