Augusta Webster

Augusta Webster (née Julia Augusta Davies; 30 January 1837 – 5 September 1894) was an English poet, dramatist, essayist, and translator. She is known for her translations of the works of Aeschylus and Euripides.

Quotes

•    "Lest that by any means
  When I have preached to others I myself
  Should be a castaway." If some one now
  Would take that text and preach to us that preach —
  * * *
    Yes I preach to others
  And am—I know not what—a castaway?
  No, but a man who feels his heart asleep,
  As he might feel his hand or foot. The limb
  Will not awake without a little shock,
  A little pain perhaps, a nip or blow,
  And that one gives and feels the waking pricks.
  But for one's heart I know not. I can give
  No shock to make mine prick.
  • "A Preacher". Dramatic Studies (London and Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1866) pp. 3, 6. Reprinted in Portraits (London: Macmillan and Co, 1870) pp. 126, 129. Compare: 1 Corinthians 9:7

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Augusta Webster on Wikipedia