Quote#Death
The nursery of brooding Pelicans
Quote byJames Montgomery · 1771–1854
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Pelican Island (1827), Canto VI, line 74..
English (original)
The nursery of brooding Pelicans, The dormitory of their dead, had vanish'd, And all the minor spots of rock and verdure, The abodes of happy millions, were no more.
— James Montgomery
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Once, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man.
Gashed with honourable scars, Low in Glory's lap they lie; Though they fell, they fell like stars, Streaming splendour through the sky.
When the good man yields his breath (For the good man never dies).
Distinct as the billows, yet one as the sea.
Nature's prime favourites were the Pelicans; High-fed, long-lived, and sociable and free.
Counts his sure gains, and hurries back for more.