Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... smile , for this alone they sigh ; For this they live , for this would freely die . And man , the image of his God , is found , Just for an empty name , an airy sound , Spending the short remainder of his life In brutal conflict , and ...
... smile , for this alone they sigh ; For this they live , for this would freely die . And man , the image of his God , is found , Just for an empty name , an airy sound , Spending the short remainder of his life In brutal conflict , and ...
Page 58
... smiles though genius may despair . O. W. Holmes . * * In vain with love our bosoms glow , Can all our tears , can all our sighs , New lustre to those charms impart ? Can cheeks , where living roses blow , Where ... smile , and murder while.
... smiles though genius may despair . O. W. Holmes . * * In vain with love our bosoms glow , Can all our tears , can all our sighs , New lustre to those charms impart ? Can cheeks , where living roses blow , Where ... smile , and murder while.
Page 59
Henry Gardiner ADAMS. ARTIFICE . WHY I can smile , and murder while I smile , And cry content , at that which grieves my heart , And wet my cheek with artificial tears . - Shakspere . He soon aware , Each perturbation smoothed with ...
Henry Gardiner ADAMS. ARTIFICE . WHY I can smile , and murder while I smile , And cry content , at that which grieves my heart , And wet my cheek with artificial tears . - Shakspere . He soon aware , Each perturbation smoothed with ...
Page 60
... smile we would aspire to , That sweet aspect of princes and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have . Shakspere . Hence springs that universal strong desire Which all men have of immortality : Not some few spirits unto ...
... smile we would aspire to , That sweet aspect of princes and our ruin , More pangs and fears than war or women have . Shakspere . Hence springs that universal strong desire Which all men have of immortality : Not some few spirits unto ...
Page 75
... smiles . - Dryden . A babe in a house is a well - spring of pleasure , a messenger of peace and love ; A resting - place for innocence on earth , a link between angels and men ; Yet is it a talent of trust , a loan to be rendered back ...
... smiles . - Dryden . A babe in a house is a well - spring of pleasure , a messenger of peace and love ; A resting - place for innocence on earth , a link between angels and men ; Yet is it a talent of trust , a loan to be rendered back ...
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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