Theodore Tilton

Theodore Tilton (2 October, 1835 – 29 May, 1907) was an American newspaper editor, poet and Abolitionist.

Tilton (circa 1870)

Quotes

• I won a noble fame;
  But with a sudden frown,
  The people snatched my crown,
  And, in the mire, trod down
  My lofty name.
  • Sir Marmaduke's Musings, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• But I account it worth
  All pangs of fair hopes crost—
  All loves and honors lost,—
  To gain the heavens, at cost
  Of losing earth.
  • Sir Marmaduke's Musings, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• So, lest I be inclined
  To render ill for ill,—
  Henceforth in me instil,
  O God, a sweet good-will
  To all mankind.
  • Sir Marmaduke's Musings, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• "What is wealth?" the king would say,
  "Even this shall pass away".
  • All Things shall pass away, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• "Pleasure comes, but not to stay;
  Even this shall pass away."
  • All Things shall pass away, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• "Pain is hard to bear," he cried,
  "But with patience, day by day,
  Even this shall pass away."
  • All Things shall pass away, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

• "What is fame?
  Fame is but a slow decay—
  Even this shall pass away."
  • All Things shall pass away, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

External links

• Mr. Lincoln and New York: Theodore Tilton
• Even This Shall Pass Away – poem (last accessed 2006-08-12)