William Shenstone Quotes

English poet and landscape gardener (1714-1763)

William Shenstone (18 November 1714 – 11 February 1763) was an English poet, essayist and one of the earliest practitoners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, The Leasowes.

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For seldom shall she hear a tale
So sad, so tender, yet so true.

A large, branching, aged oak, is perhaps the most venerable of all inanimate objects.

Love is a pleasing, but a various clime!