Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... light of English literature , and the Bard of Avon , and that glorious company who proclaimed the bursting forth of its noontide splendour ; and then , again , to viii PREFACE . Milton , and Dryden , and Pope PREFACE . vii.
... light of English literature , and the Bard of Avon , and that glorious company who proclaimed the bursting forth of its noontide splendour ; and then , again , to viii PREFACE . Milton , and Dryden , and Pope PREFACE . vii.
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... Milton . His speech was answered with a general noise Of acclamation ; doubtless signs of joy Which soldiers uttered as they forward went , The sure forerunner of a fair event . Sir John Beaumont . The herald ends , the vaulted ...
... Milton . His speech was answered with a general noise Of acclamation ; doubtless signs of joy Which soldiers uttered as they forward went , The sure forerunner of a fair event . Sir John Beaumont . The herald ends , the vaulted ...
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... Milton . Milton , Milton . ADORATION . O CEREMONY ! show me all thy worth ! What is thy toll , O adoration ! Art thou nought else but place , degree , and form , Creating awe and fear in other men ? Wherein thou art less happy , being ...
... Milton . Milton , Milton . ADORATION . O CEREMONY ! show me all thy worth ! What is thy toll , O adoration ! Art thou nought else but place , degree , and form , Creating awe and fear in other men ? Wherein thou art less happy , being ...
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... Milton . Somerville . With pangs unfelt before , unpitied , and alone . * * * * * Thy form benign , Oh , Goddess ! wear , Thy milder influence impart ; Thy philosophic train be there , To soften , not to wound , my heart . The generous ...
... Milton . Somerville . With pangs unfelt before , unpitied , and alone . * * * * * Thy form benign , Oh , Goddess ! wear , Thy milder influence impart ; Thy philosophic train be there , To soften , not to wound , my heart . The generous ...
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... Milton . Learn what thou ow'st thy country and thy friend ; What's requisite to spare , and what to spend : Learn this ; and after envy not the store Of the greatest advocate who grinds the poor . Foes to all living worth except your ...
... Milton . Learn what thou ow'st thy country and thy friend ; What's requisite to spare , and what to spend : Learn this ; and after envy not the store Of the greatest advocate who grinds the poor . Foes to all living worth except your ...
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Aaron Hill Anon Beaumont and Fletcher beauty Ben Jonson birds bless bliss blush breast breath bright brow Butler Byron Charles Mackay charms cheek clouds Cowper crown dark death deeds delight Denham divine doth dream Dryden earth Ebenezer Elliott Eliza Cook eternal eyes fair fame fate fear feel flowers fools gentle give glory gold grace grief hand happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Joanna Baillie Jonson king light live look man's Massinger Milton mind N. P. Willis nature nature's ne'er never night noble nought numbers o'er P. J. Bailey pain passion pleasure Pollok Pope praise pride proud rich Roscommon scorn Shakspere shine sigh sleep smile sorrow soul Spenser spirit sweet tears thee thine things Thomson thou art thought tongue truth unto virtue voice wind wings wise words Wordsworth Young youth