A chieftain to the Highlands bound / Cries, `Boatman, do not tarry! / And I'll give thee a silver pound / To row us o'er the ferry.' -Thomas Campbell

 

A chieftain to the Highlands bound / Cries, `Boatman, do not tarry! / And I'll give thee a silver pound / To row us o'er the ferry.'


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This quote is just one of 11 total Thomas Campbell quotes in our collection. Thomas Campbell is known for saying 'A chieftain to the Highlands bound / Cries, `Boatman, do not tarry! / And I'll give thee a silver pound / To row us o'er the ferry.'' as well as some of the following quotes.

Our bugles sang truce - for the night-cloud had lowered, / And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.

Thomas Campbell

Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh what were man?—a world without a sun.

Thomas Campbell

A chieftain to the Highlands bound / Cries, `Boatman, do not tarry! / And I'll give thee a silver pound / To row us o'er the ferry.'

Thomas Campbell

While memory watches o'er the sad reviewOf joys that faded like the morning dew.

Thomas Campbell

'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.

Thomas Campbell