Samuel Laman Blanchard
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Samuel Laman Blanchard (May 15, 1804 – February 15, 1845) was an English poet, essayist and journalist.
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- Sooth't were a pleasant life to lead,
With nothing in the world to do
But just to blow a shepherd's reed,
The silent season thro'
And just to drive a flock to feed,—
Sheep—quiet, fond and few!- "Dolce far Niente", Stanza 1, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Give me to live with Love alone
And let the world go dine and dress;
For Love hath lowly haunts...
If life's a flower, I choose my own—
'T is "love in Idleness".- "Dolce far Niente", Stanza 4, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
