Quote#Hope
Wild dreams! but such
Quote byRobert Southey · 1774–1843
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: For the apartment in Chepstow Castle where Henry Marten the Regicide was imprisoned thirty years..
English (original)
Wild dreams! but such As Plato lov'd; such as with holy zeal Our Milton worshipp'd. Blessed hopes! awhile From man with-held, even to the latter days When Christ shall come, and all things be fulfill'd.
— Robert Southey
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