Charles Sprague

Charles Sprague (October 26, 1791 – January 22, 1875) was an early American poet.

Quotes

• Lo where the stage, the poor, degraded stage,
  Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
  • Curiosity, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Through life’s dark road his sordid way he wends,
  An incarnation of fat dividends.
  • Curiosity, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Behold! in Liberty’s unclouded blaze
  We lift our heads, a race of other days.
  • Centennial Ode. Stanza 22, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Yes, social friend, I love thee well,
  In learned doctors’ spite;
  Thy clouds all other clouds dispel,
  And lap me in delight.
  • To my Cigar, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• Gay, guiltless pair,
  What seek ye from the fields of heaven?
  Ye have no need of prayer,
  Ye have no sins to be forgiven.
  • The Winged Worshippers

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