A Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts on Every Subject. Compiled from Various Authors, and Arranged Under Appropriate HeadsLindsay & Blakiston, 1848 - 494 pages |
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... POPE'S Essay on Man . 10. Oh sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise By mountains piled on mountains to the skies ? Heaven still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . POPE'S Essay on Man . 11 ...
... POPE'S Essay on Man . 10. Oh sons of earth ! attempt ye still to rise By mountains piled on mountains to the skies ? Heaven still with laughter the vain toil surveys , And buries madmen in the heaps they raise . POPE'S Essay on Man . 11 ...
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... POPE . POPE'S Moral Essays . 11. How poor are all hereditary honours , Those poor possessions from another's deeds , Unless our own just virtues form our title , And give a sanction to our fond assumptions ! 12. Boast not these titles ...
... POPE . POPE'S Moral Essays . 11. How poor are all hereditary honours , Those poor possessions from another's deeds , Unless our own just virtues form our title , And give a sanction to our fond assumptions ! 12. Boast not these titles ...
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... Or when rich china vessels , fallen from high , In glittering dust and painted fragments lie . 11. From loveless youth to unrespected age , No passion gratified , except her rage . POPE . POPE . 12. And to be wroth with one we love ,
... Or when rich china vessels , fallen from high , In glittering dust and painted fragments lie . 11. From loveless youth to unrespected age , No passion gratified , except her rage . POPE . POPE . 12. And to be wroth with one we love ,
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... POPE . 10. The hare , timorous of heart , and hard beset By death in various forms , dark snares , and dogs , And more unpitying man . THOMSON'S Seasons . 11. And , scorning all the taming arts of man , THOMSON'S Seasons . The keen ...
... POPE . 10. The hare , timorous of heart , and hard beset By death in various forms , dark snares , and dogs , And more unpitying man . THOMSON'S Seasons . 11. And , scorning all the taming arts of man , THOMSON'S Seasons . The keen ...
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... POPE . 13. Say , will the falcon stooping from above , Smit with her varying plumage , spare the dove ? Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or , hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE . 14. Be not the first by whom the new ...
... POPE . 13. Say , will the falcon stooping from above , Smit with her varying plumage , spare the dove ? Admires the jay the insect's varying wings ? Or , hears the hawk when Philomela sings ? POPE . 14. Be not the first by whom the new ...
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A. B. WELBY AARON HILL beauty BEN JONSON bliss blush bosom breast breath bright brow BUTLER'S Hudibras BYRON'S Childe Harold BYRON'S Corsair BYRON'S Don Juan BYRON'S Giaour CARLOS WILCOX CHARLES SPRAGUE charms cheek clouds COWPER COWPER'S Task dark death doth dreams DRYDEN earth Essay on Criticism fair fame fate fear feel FITZ-GREEN HALLECK flowers fools GAY's Fables glory grace grief hath heart heaven honour hope hour immortal J. T. WATSON JOANNA BAILLIE life's light live lov'd man's Margaret of Anjou MILTON'S Comus MILTON'S Paradise Lost mind MOORE MOORE'S Lalla Rookh N. P. WILLIS ne'er never o'er pain Paradise Lost Parisina passion pleasure POPE POPE'S Essay praise SHAKSPEARE shine Siege of Corinth sigh smile soft sorrow soul SPENSER'S Fairy Queen spirit SPRAGUE'S Curiosity sweet tears thee thine things THOMSON'S Seasons thro virtue young YOUNG'S Night Thoughts youth