Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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Page 68
... Young . This globe pourtrayed the race of learned men , Still at their books and turning o'er the page Backwards and forwards : oft they snatched the pen As if inspired , and in a Thespian rage Then writ and blot , as would your wrath ...
... Young . This globe pourtrayed the race of learned men , Still at their books and turning o'er the page Backwards and forwards : oft they snatched the pen As if inspired , and in a Thespian rage Then writ and blot , as would your wrath ...
Page 94
... Young . Hear , ye fair daughters of this happy land , Whose radiant eyes the vanquished world command ; Virtue is beauty : but when charms of mind With elegance of outward form are joined ; When youth makes each bright object still more ...
... Young . Hear , ye fair daughters of this happy land , Whose radiant eyes the vanquished world command ; Virtue is beauty : but when charms of mind With elegance of outward form are joined ; When youth makes each bright object still more ...
Page 96
... young pursuer near , And leads him on from flower to flower , A weary chase and wasted hour , Then leaves him , as it soars on high , With panting heart and tearful eye : So beauty lures the full - grown child , With hue as bright and ...
... young pursuer near , And leads him on from flower to flower , A weary chase and wasted hour , Then leaves him , as it soars on high , With panting heart and tearful eye : So beauty lures the full - grown child , With hue as bright and ...
Page 110
... of all doth he , Who helps a fallen enemy . * * However small the talent be By each of us possest , Oh , let us use it faithfully , And strive to do the best . * Young . Egone . BEWARE . NONE pities him that in the snare ,
... of all doth he , Who helps a fallen enemy . * * However small the talent be By each of us possest , Oh , let us use it faithfully , And strive to do the best . * Young . Egone . BEWARE . NONE pities him that in the snare ,
Page 116
... Young . Wordsworth . Vain was the man , and false as vain , Who said , " Were he ordained to run His long career of life again , He would do all that he had done . " Ah ! ' t is not thus the voice that dwells In sober birthdays speaks ...
... Young . Wordsworth . Vain was the man , and false as vain , Who said , " Were he ordained to run His long career of life again , He would do all that he had done . " Ah ! ' t is not thus the voice that dwells In sober birthdays speaks ...
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