Quote#Pain
Thou felon anchorite of pain
Quote byJohn Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley · 1835–1895
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "The Study of a Spider", ll. 17–18; Poems Dramatic and Lyrical (1893), p. 41.
English (original)
Thou felon anchorite of pain Who sittest in a world of slain.
— John Warren, 3rd Baron de Tabley
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