“Before another winter came Henry Bright had passed away in his home amid his family and books, and had gone to his rest beneath the wreaths of his own Lancashire garden.”

A tender image of death framed by home, books and garden · Memorial essay, Henry Bright

• Death
• Memory
• Nature

“The expedition was interesting as a specimen of what I may call a very laudable literary enthusiasm, of which I shall be very glad to see more among the youth of this day.”

Celebrating youthful literary enthusiasm as something worth renewing · Speech, Wordsworth Society, 8 July 1885

• Art
• Hope
• Poetry

“It is not without personal emotion that I dissociate myself from this good company, with which I have worked and talked for over thirty years.”

Marking the sorrow of leaving a fellowship sustained over decades · Valedictory, Philobiblon Society, 1884

• Friendship
• Memory
• Time