William Whitehead (poet)
William Whitehead (baptized 12 February 1715 – 14 April 1785) was an English poet and playwright. He became Poet Laureate in December 1757 after Thomas Gray declined the position.
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Quotes
[edit]- Yes, I’m in love, I feel it now,
And Caelia has undone me,
And yet I’ll swear I can’t tell how
The pleasing plague stole on me.- "The Je ne scai Quoi", st. 1, in Dodsley's Collection, vol. 2 (2nd ed., 1763), p. 265
- Quoted by Mr. Crawford in Mansfield Park (1814), ch. 30
- Her voice, her touch, might give th’ alarm—
’Twas both perhaps, or neither,
In short, ’twas that provoking charm
Of Caelia altogether.- "The Je ne scai Quoi", st. 4, op. cit., p. 266
