FLOWER.-Within the infant rind of this small flower, For this being smelt, with that part cheers each part, SHAKSPERE.-Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, And this same flower, which smiles to day; HERRICK.-Hesperides to the Virgins, No. 93. My love was like a summer flower, Born but of vanity and pride, And with these sunny visions died. SCOTT.-Lord of the Isles, Canto IV. Stanza 7. Wert thou all that I wish thee, great, glorious, and free, I might hail thee with prouder, with happier brow, TOM MOORE.-Remember Thee, Vol. IV. Each flower of the rock, and each gem of the billow. Thou pearl of the Ocean! Thou gem of the Earth! FLOWERS.-I made a posie, while the day ran by: My life within this band. But Time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And wither'd in my hand. HERBERT.-Life, Verse 1. Farewell, dear flowers, sweetly your time ye spent, And after death for cures. HERBERT.-Ibid. Verse 3. Love lies bleeding. CAMPBELL.-O'Connor's Child. FLOWERS.-Maidens call it love in idleness Fetch me that flower. SHAKSPERE.-Midsummer Night's Dream, FLY-Who quits a world where strong temptations try, GOLDSMITH.-Deserted Village, Line 101. "Go!" says he, one day at dinner, to an overgrown one which had buzzed about his nose, and tormented him cruelly all dinner-time, and which, after infinite attempts, he had caught at last, as it flew by him; "I'll not hurt thee," says my uncle Toby, rising from his chair, and going across the room, with the fly in his hand-" I'll not hurt a hair of thy head:-Go!" says he, lifting up the sash, and opening his hand as he spoke, to let it escape; 'go, poor devil, get thee gone, why should I hurt thee? This world, surely, is wide enough to hold both thee and me." STERNE. Tristram Shandy, Vol. II. Chap. XII. FOE.-A foe to God was ne'er true friend to man, YOUNG.-Night VIII. Line 704. Curst be the verse, how well soe'er it flow, Alike reserv'd to blame, or to commend, A timorous foe and a suspicious friend. POPE. -To Arbuthnot, Prol. to Sat. Line 205. He makes no friend who never made a foe. TENNYSON.-Idylls of the King, "Elaine." FOGGY.-Like foggy south, puffing with wind and rain. SHAKSPERE.-As you Like it, Act III. Scene 5. (Rosalind.) For thee to speak and be obey'd Are one; but only in the sunny South Such sounds are utter'd, and such charms display'd. BYRON. Dedication to the Prophecy of Dante, FOLLY-Folly ends where genuine hope begins. FOLLY.-And must I ravel out My weav'd up follies. SHAKSPERE.-King Richard II. Act IV. Scene 1. (The King to Northumberland.) Whether the charmer sinner it, or saint it, If folly grow romantic, I must paint it. POPE.-Moral Essays, Epi. II. Line 15. Thus in a sea of folly tost, My choicest hours of life are lost. SWIFT.-HORACE, Book II. Line 125. FOOD. Take that; and He that doth the ravens feed, Be comfort to my age. SHAKSPERE. As you Like it, Act II. Scene 3. (Adam to Orlando.) Who provideth for the raven his food? JOB.-Chap XXXVIII. Verse 41. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. PSALM CXLVII. Verse 9. Food for powder, food for powder. SHAKSPERE.-King Henry IV. Part I. Act IV. Even in its treasures he could find Food for the fever of his mind. SCOTT.-Lady of the Lake, Canto III. Stanza 6. FOOL.-Fools admire, but men of sense approve. The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. SHAKSPERE.-As You Like it, Act V. Scene 1. (Touchstone.) For every inch that is not fool is rogue. DRYDEN.-Absalom and Ahithophel, Part II. No creature smarts so little as a fool. POPE.-Prol. to Satires, Line 84. FOOL. At thirty man suspects himself a fool; "Tis hard if all is false that I advance, A fool must now and then be right by chance. Why should I play the Roman fool, and die SHAKSPERE.-Macbeth, Act V. Scene 7. A fool at forty is a fool indeed, YOUNG.-Sat. II. Line 282. The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes A fool, a fool! I met a fool i' the forest, As I do live by food, I met a fool: Who laid him down and bask'd him in the sun, In good set terms, and yet a motley fool.- SHAKSPERE.-As You Like it, Act II. Scene 7. (Jaques.) A French edition of a fool. CAWTHORNE.-Equality of Human Conditions, The little foolery that wise men have makes a great show. SHAKSPERE.-As You Like it, Act I. Scene 2. (Celia to Touchstone.) FOOLS.-Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools. CHAPMAN.-All Fools, Act V. Scene 1. Nay, fly to altars; there they'll talk you dead: For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. POPE.-Essay on Criticism, Part III. Line 625. 134 FOOLS-FOREFATHERS. FOOLS.-Where Mars might quake to tread. Men BYRON.-Childe Harold, Canto I. Stanza 54. may live fools, but fools they cannot die. FOOT-Come on, my lords, the better foot before. SHAKSPERE.-Titus Andronicus, Act II. Scene 4. (Aaron with Quintus and Martius.) Nay, but make haste: the better foot before. SHAKSPERE.-King John, Act IV. Scene 2. So light a foot Will ne'er wear out the everlasting flint. SHAKSPERE.-Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 6. (The Friar as Juliet enters.) FOOTPRINTS.-Lives of great men all remind us, Footprints on the sands of time. LONGFELLOW.-Psalm of Life, Verse 7. FOPS.-No place so sacred from such fops is barr'd, FORBEARANCE.-The kindest and the happiest pair And something every day they live To pity, and perhaps forgive. COWPER.-Mutual Forbearance. FOREFATHERS.-Could I trace back the time to a far distant date, Since my forefathers toil'd in this field: And the farm I now hold on your honour's estate Is the same that my grandfather till’d. A Song, "Ere around the huge oak," Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep. GRAY.-Elegy, Verse 4. |