Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... cheeks . Rightly it is said That man descends into the vale of years ; Yet have I thought that we might also speak , And not presumptuously , I trust , of age , As of a final eminence , though bare In aspect and forbidding , yet a point ...
... cheeks . Rightly it is said That man descends into the vale of years ; Yet have I thought that we might also speak , And not presumptuously , I trust , of age , As of a final eminence , though bare In aspect and forbidding , yet a point ...
Page 27
... , With dolour and with pain : Blithe youth is like a smile , So mirthful , and so brief ; Soon wrinkles on the cheek Come , like frost upon the leaf . - Robert Nicol . 28 28 ALCHEMY . ALDERMAN . ALEXANDRINE . ALCHEMY . AGE . 27 27.
... , With dolour and with pain : Blithe youth is like a smile , So mirthful , and so brief ; Soon wrinkles on the cheek Come , like frost upon the leaf . - Robert Nicol . 28 28 ALCHEMY . ALDERMAN . ALEXANDRINE . ALCHEMY . AGE . 27 27.
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... those charms impart ? Can cheeks , where living roses blow , Where nature spreads her richest dies , Require the borrowed gloss of art ? Sir William Jones , from the Persian . ARTIFICE . WHY I can smile , and murder while.
... those charms impart ? Can cheeks , where living roses blow , Where nature spreads her richest dies , Require the borrowed gloss of art ? Sir William Jones , from the Persian . ARTIFICE . WHY I can smile , and murder while.
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... cheek with artificial tears . - Shakspere . He soon aware , Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm , Artificer of fraud ! and was the first That practised falsehood under saintly show . - Milton . Shallow artifice begets suspicion ...
... cheek with artificial tears . - Shakspere . He soon aware , Each perturbation smoothed with outward calm , Artificer of fraud ! and was the first That practised falsehood under saintly show . - Milton . Shallow artifice begets suspicion ...
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... cheeks did dye . I never tempted her with word too large ; But , as a brother to his sister , showed Bashful sincerity and comely love . Ꮐ Spenser . Shakspere . 82 BATH . Such looks , such bashfulness might well BASHFULNESS . 81.
... cheeks did dye . I never tempted her with word too large ; But , as a brother to his sister , showed Bashful sincerity and comely love . Ꮐ Spenser . Shakspere . 82 BATH . Such looks , such bashfulness might well BASHFULNESS . 81.
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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