Alexander Smith
Scottish poet and essayist
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
—Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and essayist, Dreamthorp, 1863
Posted on June 1, 2004 at 12:04 PM
WORDS ABOUT WORDS
I go into my library, and all history unrolls before me. I breathe the morning air of the world while the scent of Eden's roses yet lingered in it, while it vibrated only to the world's first brood of nightingales, and to the laugh of Eve. I see the pyramids building; I hear the shoutings of the armies of Alexander.
—Alexander Smith, Scottish poet and essayist, Dreamthorp, 1863
Posted on September 16, 2003 at 7:42 PM
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