Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... dark days seen , What cold December barrenness everywhere . Shakspere . From you have I been absent in the spring , When proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim , Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; That heavy Saturn laugh ...
... dark days seen , What cold December barrenness everywhere . Shakspere . From you have I been absent in the spring , When proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim , Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; That heavy Saturn laugh ...
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... darker fame who dwell , Whose name some nobler poem shall adorn . Dryden . It is not to adorn and gild each part , That shows more cost than art ; Jewels at nose and lip but ill appear . Cowley . Her polish'd limbs Veil'd in a simple ...
... darker fame who dwell , Whose name some nobler poem shall adorn . Dryden . It is not to adorn and gild each part , That shows more cost than art ; Jewels at nose and lip but ill appear . Cowley . Her polish'd limbs Veil'd in a simple ...
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... dark luxuriance , tares of haste , Rank at the core , though tempting to the eye , Flowers whese wild odours breathe but agonies , And trees whose gums are poison : such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as passion flies O'er ...
... dark luxuriance , tares of haste , Rank at the core , though tempting to the eye , Flowers whese wild odours breathe but agonies , And trees whose gums are poison : such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as passion flies O'er ...
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... darkness durst affront His light . But harm precedes not sin ; only our foe Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem Of our integrity . Milton . Milton . You've done enough , for you designed my chains , The grace is vanished , but the ...
... darkness durst affront His light . But harm precedes not sin ; only our foe Tempting affronts us with his foul esteem Of our integrity . Milton . Milton . You've done enough , for you designed my chains , The grace is vanished , but the ...
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... all her life . The ocean lashed to fury loud , Its high waves mingling with the cloud , Is peaceful sweet serenity To anger's dark and troubled sea . Bishop . J. W. Eastburn . ANGLING . THE pleasant'st angling ' tis to see the.
... all her life . The ocean lashed to fury loud , Its high waves mingling with the cloud , Is peaceful sweet serenity To anger's dark and troubled sea . Bishop . J. W. Eastburn . ANGLING . THE pleasant'st angling ' tis to see the.
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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