My depth of purse is not so great Nor yet my bibliophilic greed, That merely buying doth elate: The books I buy I like to read: Still e'en when dawdling in a mead, Beneath a cloudless summer sky, By bank of Thames, or Tyne, or Tweed, The books I read – I like to buy. A. Edward Newton
About This Quote

This quote is from the poem “The Owl and the Nightingale,” written by John Keats. In this poem, Keats expressed the idea that he loved the love of books. The reason he loved books so much was because he loved reading them. He also loved purchasing books so much so that he would do it even when he was reading. This quote is about how book lovers can do what they love to do even when they are doing something else.

Source: The Amenities Of Book Collecting And Kindred Affections

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