RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM QUOTES

English cleric and poet (1788-1845)

Thrice happy's the wooing That's not long a-doing!
So much time is saved in the billing and cooing --
The ring is now bought, the white favours, and gloves,
And all the et cetera which crown people's loves.

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends

Tags: time


A servant's too often a negligent elf; if it's business of consequence, do it yourself!

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends

Tags: business


But while you're abroad lead respectable lives;
Love your neighbors, and welcome--but don't love their wives!

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends

Tags: adultery


Ghosts, like ladies, never speak till spoke to.

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends


And the priests, with awe,
As such freaks they saw,
Said, "The Devil must be in that little Jackdaw!"

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Jackdaw of Rheims

Tags: devil


Cowards, 'tis said, in certain situations,
Derive a sort of courage from despair,
And then perform, from downright desperation,
Much more than many a bolder man would dare.

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends

Tags: courage


I was between
A man and a boy, A hobble-de-hoy,
A fat, little, punchy concern of sixteen.

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends


Tis not her coldness, father,
That chills my labouring breast;
It's that confounded cucumber
I've ate and can't digest.

RICHARD HARRIS BARHAM

The Ingoldsby Legends

Tags: coldness