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William Robert Spencer (1769–1834) was an English poet, educated at Harrow School and the University of Oxford.

Born: 1769

Died: 1834

Categories: English poets, 1830s deaths

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Too late I stayed,—forgive the crime! Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of time That only treads on flowers.
William Robert Spencer
Lines to Lady A. Hamilton, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "The inaudible and noiseless foot of Time", William Shakespeare, All's Well that Ends Well, Act v. Scene 3.
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