Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Bernard Barton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Bernard Barton.

Last updated on September 17, 2024.

Bernard Barton, born in Carlisle, Cumberland, England, was known as the Quaker poet. His main works included The Convict's Appeal (1818), in which he protested against the death penalty and the severity of the criminal code.

American - Poet | January 31, 1784 - February 19, 1849

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No age, sex, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but without it one is vastly beneath the rank of man.

Bernard Barton

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling, Round thoughts which owe their birth, To thee, and to the humble spot, Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.

Bernard Barton