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They had felt the sharpest darts in misfortune's quiver; Those which remained appeared blunt in comparison.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

They had felt the sharpest darts in misfortune's quiver; Those which remained appeared blunt in comparison.

You are the destroyer of my Soul; You are my Murderer, and on you fall the curse of my death and my unborn Infant’s! Insolent in your yet-unshaken virtue, you disdained the prayers of a Penitent; But

Matthew Gregory Lewis

You are the destroyer of my Soul; You are my Murderer, and on you fall the curse of my death and my unborn Infant’s! Insolent in your yet-unshaken virtue, you disdained the prayers of a Penitent; But

About Author
Matthew Gregory Lewis (9 July 1775 – 14 or 16 May 1818) was an English novelist and dramatist, whose writings are often classified as "Gothic horror". He was frequently referred to as "Monk" Lewis, because of the success of his 1796 Gothic novel The Monk. He also worked as a diplomat, politician and an estate owner in Jamaica.

His hatred of society, his profound melancholy, his rigid observation of the duties of his order, and his voluntary seclusion from the world at his age so unusual, attracted the notice of the whole fr...

Matthew Gregory Lewis

His hatred of society, his profound melancholy, his rigid observation of the duties of his order, and his voluntary seclusion from the world at his age so unusual, attracted the notice of the whole fr...

She had torn open her habit, and her bosom was half exposed. The weapon's point rested upon her left breast: And Oh! that was such a breast! The Moonbeams darting full upon it enabled the Monk to obse...

Matthew Gregory Lewis

She had torn open her habit, and her bosom was half exposed. The weapon's point rested upon her left breast: And Oh! that was such a breast! The Moonbeams darting full upon it enabled the Monk to obse...

You! whom Vanity’s light bark conveys On Fame’s mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or borne too high! Who pants for glory finds but...

Matthew Gregory Lewis

You! whom Vanity’s light bark conveys On Fame’s mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or borne too high! Who pants for glory finds but...

Hadst Thou but tasted once the thousandth part Of joys, which bless the loved and loving heart, Your words repentant and your sighs would prove, Lost is the time which is not past in love. The

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Hadst Thou but tasted once the thousandth part Of joys, which bless the loved and loving heart, Your words repentant and your sighs would prove, Lost is the time which is not past in love. The

When I said I should die in your service with pleasure, I intended to live in it many long years; since, to tell you the truth, from a child I had always a particular dislike to dying, and I think tha...

Matthew Gregory Lewis

When I said I should die in your service with pleasure, I intended to live in it many long years; since, to tell you the truth, from a child I had always a particular dislike to dying, and I think tha...

Great Heaven! How frail thy creature Man is made! How by himself insensibly betrayed! In

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Great Heaven! How frail thy creature Man is made! How by himself insensibly betrayed! In

You too shall know, what it is to love without hope!

Matthew Gregory Lewis

You too shall know, what it is to love without hope!

Even at this moment I lament his loss, though ’tis to him that I owe all the miseries of my existence.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Even at this moment I lament his loss, though ’tis to him that I owe all the miseries of my existence.

Your boldness confounds me! Shall I conceal your crime, I whom you have deceived by your feigned confession? No, Daughter, no! I will render you a more essential service. I

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Your boldness confounds me! Shall I conceal your crime, I whom you have deceived by your feigned confession? No, Daughter, no! I will render you a more essential service. I

My death preserves a life valuable to the world, and more dear to me than my own. Yes, Father; I am poisoned; But know, that the poison once circulated in your veins.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

My death preserves a life valuable to the world, and more dear to me than my own. Yes, Father; I am poisoned; But know, that the poison once circulated in your veins.

By sad experience I know what sorrows She must endure, who marries into a family unwilling to receive her.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

By sad experience I know what sorrows She must endure, who marries into a family unwilling to receive her.

Before He committed his crimes, He had computed every scruple of their weight; and yet he had committed them. 'Pardon?

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Before He committed his crimes, He had computed every scruple of their weight; and yet he had committed them. 'Pardon?

You have charms, Segnora, which might captivate the most insensible; No heart unoccupied could resist them. Happy is it for me that mine is no longer in my possession; or I should have to reproach mys...

Matthew Gregory Lewis

You have charms, Segnora, which might captivate the most insensible; No heart unoccupied could resist them. Happy is it for me that mine is no longer in my possession; or I should have to reproach mys...

Away with friendship! 'tis a cold unfeeling word. My bosom burns with love, with unutterable love, and love must be its return.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Away with friendship! 'tis a cold unfeeling word. My bosom burns with love, with unutterable love, and love must be its return.

Weep, Daughter, weep, and moisten your bread with your tears: God knows that you have ample cause for sorrow!

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Weep, Daughter, weep, and moisten your bread with your tears: God knows that you have ample cause for sorrow!

Artless yourself, you suspect not others of deceit; and viewing the world through the medium of your own truth and innocence, you fancy all who surround you to deserve your confidence and esteem. What

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Artless yourself, you suspect not others of deceit; and viewing the world through the medium of your own truth and innocence, you fancy all who surround you to deserve your confidence and esteem. What

No matter; Let me at least hear what She has to say. Do, my dear Aunt! Oblige me, I beseech you!

Matthew Gregory Lewis

No matter; Let me at least hear what She has to say. Do, my dear Aunt! Oblige me, I beseech you!

Lost is the time which is not past in love.

Matthew Gregory Lewis

Lost is the time which is not past in love.