Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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Page 79
... Peace , peace ! I know you well , I've heard your verses by the hour , sir , twanged To rascal viols , through rogues ' noses - pah ! Just at my hour of sleep . I'll have thee hanged For scurvy rhymes . Thou ' st spread a plague so foul ...
... Peace , peace ! I know you well , I've heard your verses by the hour , sir , twanged To rascal viols , through rogues ' noses - pah ! Just at my hour of sleep . I'll have thee hanged For scurvy rhymes . Thou ' st spread a plague so foul ...
Page 81
... peace of mind , Trusts a frail bark with a tempestuous wind . Milton . Granville . Oh , youth , and love , which is the light of youth , Why pass ye as the morning ? Life goes on , But like a bark that first in carelessness , And ...
... peace of mind , Trusts a frail bark with a tempestuous wind . Milton . Granville . Oh , youth , and love , which is the light of youth , Why pass ye as the morning ? Life goes on , But like a bark that first in carelessness , And ...
Page 102
... peace restored , Unhappy mortals lose their woes awhile . In bed we laugh , in bed we cry , And born in bed , in bed we die ; The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss and human woe . Night is the time for rest ; How sweet when ...
... peace restored , Unhappy mortals lose their woes awhile . In bed we laugh , in bed we cry , And born in bed , in bed we die ; The near approach a bed may show Of human bliss and human woe . Night is the time for rest ; How sweet when ...
Page 114
... peaceful woods , and hear The thrilling music of the forest birds . I. M ' Lellan , Jun . To go abroad rejoicing in the joy Of beautiful and well - created things . To thrill with the rich melody of birds , Living their life of sunshine ...
... peaceful woods , and hear The thrilling music of the forest birds . I. M ' Lellan , Jun . To go abroad rejoicing in the joy Of beautiful and well - created things . To thrill with the rich melody of birds , Living their life of sunshine ...
Page 131
... peace attends ! All hail , ye sacred solitary groves ! All hail , ye books , my true , my real friends Whose conversation pleases and improves . - Walsh . Books should to one of these four ends conduce , For wisdom , piety , delight ...
... peace attends ! All hail , ye sacred solitary groves ! All hail , ye books , my true , my real friends Whose conversation pleases and improves . - Walsh . Books should to one of these four ends conduce , For wisdom , piety , delight ...
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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