William Johnson Cory

William Johnson Cory (9 January 1823 – 11 June 1892) was a British educator and poet.

Quotes

  • They told me, Heraclitus, they told me you were dead,
    They brought me bitter news to hear and bitter tears to shed.
  • Still are thy pleasant voices, thy nightingales, awake;
    For Death, he taketh all away, but them he cannot take.
    • Poem Heraclitus.
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