Matthew Lewis (writer)

“Hark! hark! – What mean those yells – those cries?I am not mad, but soon shall be.”

“Farewel, thou cruel world! – to morrowAnd heaven will hear the orphan's prayer.”

“An Author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an Animal whom every body is privileged to attack; For though All are not able to write Books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.”

“Many of the narratives can only tend to excite ideas the worst calculated for a female breast: Every thing is called plainly and roundly by its name; and the annals of a Brothel would scarcely furnish a greater choice of indecent expressions. Yet this is the Book, which young Women are recommended to study.”

“A Warrior so bold, and a Virgin so brightThe Maid's was the Fair Imogine.”

“Oh! hush these suspicions," Fair Imogine said,Shall Husband of Imogine be.”

“The worms, They crept in, and the worms, They crept out,While the Spectre addressed Imogine.”