Austin, Alfred -- The Garden That I Love, “April 30th” (1894)

Dave — Mon, 27 Jul 2020 21:32:14 +0000

For there is no gardening without humility, an assiduous willingness to learn, and a cheerful readiness to confess you were mistaken. Nature is continually sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class for some egregious blunder. But, by the due exercise of patience and diligence, they may work their way to the top again.

Alfred Austin (1835-1913) English poet, UK Poet Laureate (1896-1913)
The Garden That I Love, “April 30th” (1894)
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Austin, Alfred -- The Poet’s Diary, ch. 5 (1904)

Dave — Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:15:28 +0000

A little knowledge is said to be a dangerous thing, but it is not dangerous to the imagination. Knowledge is to the imagination what fuel is to flame. A little feeds it; a great deal extinguishes it.

Alfred Austin (1835-1913) English poet, UK Poet Laureate (1896-1913)
The Poet’s Diary, ch. 5 (1904)
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See Pope.

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Austin, Alfred -- The Garden That I Love, “April 30th” (1894)

Austin, Alfred -- The Poet’s Diary, ch. 5 (1904)