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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A little bench of heedless bishops here,
And there a chancellor in embryo.

Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow,
Emblem right meet of decency does yield.

Oft has good-nature been the fool's defence,
And honest meaning gilded want of sense.