Edward Dowden

Edward Dowden (3 May 1843 – 4 April 1913) was an Irish critic, professor, and poet. Quotes Are sorrows hard to bear,—the ruin  Of flowers, the rotting of red fruit,A love’s decease, a life’s undoing,  And summer slain, and song-birds mute,And skies of snow and bitter air?These things, you deem, are hard to bear.But ah, the burden, the delight  Of dreadful joys! Noon opening wide,Golden and great; the gulfs of night,  Fair deaths, and rent veils cast aside,Strong soul to strong soul rendered up,And silence filling like a cup. "Burdens" in Poems (1876), p. 102 External links Category:1843 births Category:1913 deaths Category:Poets from Ireland Category:Academics from Ireland Category:Literary critics