Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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Page 78
... gold and silver led , The Lombard bankers and the change to waste . * * * * * Whole droves of lenders crowd the banker's doors To call in money . Dryden . ' Tis happy when our streams of knowledge grow To fill their banks , but not to ...
... gold and silver led , The Lombard bankers and the change to waste . * * * * * Whole droves of lenders crowd the banker's doors To call in money . Dryden . ' Tis happy when our streams of knowledge grow To fill their banks , but not to ...
Page 80
... gold ; Purple the sails , and so perfumed , that The winds were love - sick with them : the oars were silver , Which to the time of flutes kept stroke , and made The water which they beat , to follow faster , As amorous of the strokes ...
... gold ; Purple the sails , and so perfumed , that The winds were love - sick with them : the oars were silver , Which to the time of flutes kept stroke , and made The water which they beat , to follow faster , As amorous of the strokes ...
Page 89
... gold . Beauty is a witch , Shakspere . Shakespere . Against whose charms faith melteth into blood . Shakspere . ' Tis beauty truly blent , whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on . Shakspere . 90 90 BEAUTY . All ...
... gold . Beauty is a witch , Shakspere . Shakespere . Against whose charms faith melteth into blood . Shakspere . ' Tis beauty truly blent , whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on . Shakspere . 90 90 BEAUTY . All ...
Page 92
... gold , had need the guard Of dragon watch with unenchanted eye , To save her blossoms and defend her fruit From the rash hand of bold incontinence . Beauty , though injurious , hath strange power After offence returning , to require ...
... gold , had need the guard Of dragon watch with unenchanted eye , To save her blossoms and defend her fruit From the rash hand of bold incontinence . Beauty , though injurious , hath strange power After offence returning , to require ...
Page 99
... as a duty . Beauty here hath done its mission , When it guides us to death's portal , For its presence is a vision Of a beauty all immortal . Bishop . E. H. B. 100 BEAUTY . Men say gold Does all , engages BEAUTY . 99.
... as a duty . Beauty here hath done its mission , When it guides us to death's portal , For its presence is a vision Of a beauty all immortal . Bishop . E. H. B. 100 BEAUTY . Men say gold Does all , engages BEAUTY . 99.
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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