Percy Addleshaw Quotes

Percy Addleshaw writes thoughtful, bittersweet musings on happiness and fear that resonate with anyone pondering life's deeper feelings.

5 quotes

1. He is the happy wanderer, who goes, Singing upon the way, with eyes awake To every scene, with ears alert to take The sweetness of all sounds; who loves and knows The secrets of the highway, and the rose Holds fairer for the wounds that briars make.

2. We shall lodge at the sign of the Grave, you say; Well, the road is a long one we trudge, my friend, So why should we grieve at the break of the day? Let us sing, let us drink, let us love, let us play,-- We can keep our sights for the journey's end.

3. It may be we shall know in the hereafter Why we, begetting hopes, give birth to fears, And why the world's too beautiful for laughter, Too gross for tears.

4. Works by Percy Addleshaw at Project Gutenberg

5. Selection of poems by Percy Addleshaw