Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Aubrey Thomas de Vere

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Irish poet Aubrey Thomas de Vere.
Last updated on April 21, 2025.
Aubrey Thomas de Vere

Aubrey Thomas de Vere was an Irish poet and critic.

Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee. — © Aubrey Thomas de Vere
Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee.
Prejudice, which sees what it pleases, cannot see what is plain.
The warrior for the True, the Right, Fights in Love's name; The love that lures thee from that fight Lures thee to shame: That love which lifts the heart, yet leaves The spirit free,- That love, or none, is fit for one Man-shaped like thee.
In holy music's golden speech Remotest notes to notes respond: Each octave is a world; yet each Vibrates to worlds beyond its own.
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