Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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Henry Gardiner ADAMS. X PREFACE . Though the multitude may never Come to hearken to the strain ; Though to him who toileth ever All thy singing be in vain ; Though the merchant's gains and losses Fill his heart , and close his ears ...
Henry Gardiner ADAMS. X PREFACE . Though the multitude may never Come to hearken to the strain ; Though to him who toileth ever All thy singing be in vain ; Though the merchant's gains and losses Fill his heart , and close his ears ...
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... never looked a last adieu To 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 ...
... never looked a last adieu To 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 ...
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... never wore grey hairs , But died in ' ts youth ! Trust not in furrowed brow ; For time digs pits where hate and cunning sleep ; And sixty winter winds can ne'er pass by , And leave the heart still warm . Age is a grave , Where kindness ...
... never wore grey hairs , But died in ' ts youth ! Trust not in furrowed brow ; For time digs pits where hate and cunning sleep ; And sixty winter winds can ne'er pass by , And leave the heart still warm . Age is a grave , Where kindness ...
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... never sleep , Are hurried in eternal motion . Pope . Prior . Shelley , from Goethe . ALTITUDE . SHE shines above , we know , but in what place , How near the throne and heaven's imperial grace , By our weak optics is but vainly guessed ...
... never sleep , Are hurried in eternal motion . Pope . Prior . Shelley , from Goethe . ALTITUDE . SHE shines above , we know , but in what place , How near the throne and heaven's imperial grace , By our weak optics is but vainly guessed ...
Page 33
... never gains its end . Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And , barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . D Gay . 34 AMBITION . Ah ! why will kings forget that AMBITION ...
... never gains its end . Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? And , barr'd from every use of wealth , Envy the ploughman's strength and health . D Gay . 34 AMBITION . Ah ! why will kings forget that AMBITION ...
Common terms and phrases
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