Edmund Gosse

1886 portrait of Gosse by John Singer Sargent

Edmund William Gosse (21 September 1849 – 16 May 1928) was an English poet, author and critic.

Quotes

• A sheep in sheep's clothing.
  • Of T. Sturge Moore, c. 1906
  • Quoted in Ferris Greenslet, Under the Bridge, ch.12.

• The wizard silence of the hours of dew.
  • The White Throat Bartlet's Quotations 1919

• Canst thou not wait for Love one flying hour
  O heart of little faith?
  • Sonnet, "Dejection and Delay" Bartlet's Quotations 1919

• Ah! sovereign Love, forgive this weaker rhyme!
  The men of old who sang were great at heart,
  Yet have we too known woe, and worn thy rose.
  • "Sestina", coda, in New Poems (1879)

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Edmund Gosse on Wikipedia
• Media related to Edmund Gosse on Wikimedia Commons
• Works related to Author:Edmund William Gosse on Wikisource
• Works by Edmund Gosse at Project Gutenberg
• Works by Edmund Gosse at Internet Archive