Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... things we must profess , Which nature fram'd for need , not for excess . William Browne . Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive virtue abstinence . Religious men , who hither must be sent As awful guides of heavenly ...
... things we must profess , Which nature fram'd for need , not for excess . William Browne . Against diseases here the strongest fence Is the defensive virtue abstinence . Religious men , who hither must be sent As awful guides of heavenly ...
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... things familiar , but my heart Shrunk with a feeling almost pain , E'en from their lifelessness to part . Egone . Crabbe . Prior . Caroline Bowles . Vanish'd , like dew - drops from the spray , Are moments which in beauty flew ; I cast ...
... things familiar , but my heart Shrunk with a feeling almost pain , E'en from their lifelessness to part . Egone . Crabbe . Prior . Caroline Bowles . Vanish'd , like dew - drops from the spray , Are moments which in beauty flew ; I cast ...
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... things adverse ; By tribulations , insults , injuries , Daniel . Contempts , and scorns , and snares , and violence ! Adversity , sage useful guest , Severe instructor , but the best , It is from thee alone we know Justly to value things ...
... things adverse ; By tribulations , insults , injuries , Daniel . Contempts , and scorns , and snares , and violence ! Adversity , sage useful guest , Severe instructor , but the best , It is from thee alone we know Justly to value things ...
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... things go wrong , each fool presumes t'advise , And if most happy , thinks himself most wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice seems best which comes too late . Take sound advice , proceeding from a heart ...
... things go wrong , each fool presumes t'advise , And if most happy , thinks himself most wise ; All wretchedly deplore the present state ; And that advice seems best which comes too late . Take sound advice , proceeding from a heart ...
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... follies past ; For worthless things are transient . Those that last Have in them germs of an eternal spirit , And out of good their permanence inherit . Baseness is mutability's ally , But the sublime affections never.
... follies past ; For worthless things are transient . Those that last Have in them germs of an eternal spirit , And out of good their permanence inherit . Baseness is mutability's ally , But the sublime affections never.
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