Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... thought . Oh ! it is ecstacy in early days , Shelley . When youth is ours - before the scorching rays Of manhood's noon hath swept away the dew , That glitters in the eye when life is new , Yielding a freshness to the joyous scene ...
... thought . Oh ! it is ecstacy in early days , Shelley . When youth is ours - before the scorching rays Of manhood's noon hath swept away the dew , That glitters in the eye when life is new , Yielding a freshness to the joyous scene ...
Page 26
... years ; Yet have I thought that we might also speak , And not presumptuously , I trust , of age , As of a final eminence , though bare In aspect and forbidding , yet a point Miller . On which ' t is not impossible to set In.
... years ; Yet have I thought that we might also speak , And not presumptuously , I trust , of age , As of a final eminence , though bare In aspect and forbidding , yet a point Miller . On which ' t is not impossible to set In.
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... at the last , and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought , A needless alexandrine ends the song , And , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . Pope . ALL . SCEPTRE and power , thy giving , I.
... at the last , and only couplet fraught With some unmeaning thing they call a thought , A needless alexandrine ends the song , And , like a wounded snake , drags its slow length along . Pope . ALL . SCEPTRE and power , thy giving , I.
Page 37
... thoughts ! If I have done amiss , impute it not . Your kindred is not much amiss , ' tis true , Yet I am somewhat better born than you . Addison . Dryden . She sighed withal , they construed all amiss , And thought she wished to kill ...
... thoughts ! If I have done amiss , impute it not . Your kindred is not much amiss , ' tis true , Yet I am somewhat better born than you . Addison . Dryden . She sighed withal , they construed all amiss , And thought she wished to kill ...
Page 42
... thought strikes deepest , and strikes safest . Savage . Next Anger rushed , his eyes on fire , In lightnings owned his secret stings , In one rude clash he struck the lyre , And swept with hurried hands the strings . Collins . Go to the ...
... thought strikes deepest , and strikes safest . Savage . Next Anger rushed , his eyes on fire , In lightnings owned his secret stings , In one rude clash he struck the lyre , And swept with hurried hands the strings . Collins . Go to the ...
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