Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... fall'n . Milton . Rivers from bubbling springs Have rise at first , and great from abject things . Middleton . The rapine is so abject and profane , They not from trifles , nor from gods refrain . Dryden , from Juvenal . To what base ...
... fall'n . Milton . Rivers from bubbling springs Have rise at first , and great from abject things . Middleton . The rapine is so abject and profane , They not from trifles , nor from gods refrain . Dryden , from Juvenal . To what base ...
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... fall'n , yet one Return'd , not lost . 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 ...
... fall'n , yet one Return'd , not lost . 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 ...
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... fall'n into the sear , the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age , As honour , love , obedience , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; but , in their stead , Curses , not loud , but deep , mouth - honour ...
... fall'n into the sear , the yellow leaf ; And that which should accompany old age , As honour , love , obedience , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; but , in their stead , Curses , not loud , but deep , mouth - honour ...
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... fall and rise ! While at each change the son of Lybian Jove Now burns with glory , and then melts with love . Unhappy man ! whom sorrow thus and rage , To different ills alternately engage . And swift and swift , with rapid lightness ...
... fall and rise ! While at each change the son of Lybian Jove Now burns with glory , and then melts with love . Unhappy man ! whom sorrow thus and rage , To different ills alternately engage . And swift and swift , with rapid lightness ...
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... falls on the other side . Shakspere . Shakspere . Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o ' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way ; thou would'st be great ; Art not without ambition ; but without The illness should ...
... falls on the other side . Shakspere . Shakspere . Yet do I fear thy nature ; It is too full o ' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way ; thou would'st be great ; Art not without ambition ; but without The illness should ...
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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