FastSaying
He lives who dies to win a lasting name.
William Drummond (1)
Names
Related Quotes
Let Zephyr only breathe And with her tresses play.
— William Drummond (1)
Zephyrs
Thrice happy he, who by some shady grove, Far from the clamorous world; doth live his own; Though solitary, who is not alone, But doth converse with that eternal love.
— William Drummond (1)
Solitude
Sweet bird, that sing'st away the early hours, Of winter's past or coming void of care, Well pleased with delights which present are, Fair seasons, budding sprays, sweet-smelling flowers.
— William Drummond (1)
Nightingales
God never had a church but there, men say, The devil a chapel hath raised by some wiles, I doubted of this saw, till on a day I westward spied great Edinburgh's Saint Giles.
— William Drummond (1)
Churches
Some to the fascination of a name, Surrender judgment hoodwinked.
— William Cowper
Names