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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... darkness severs me as wide from thee As hell from heaven , to all eternity ! MOORE'S Lalla Rookh . 14. Go , thou vision wildly gleaming , Softly on my soul that fell ; Go , for me no longer beaming , Hope and beauty , fare thee well ...
... darkness severs me as wide from thee As hell from heaven , to all eternity ! MOORE'S Lalla Rookh . 14. Go , thou vision wildly gleaming , Softly on my soul that fell ; Go , for me no longer beaming , Hope and beauty , fare thee well ...
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... dark and troubled sea . 21. At this she bristled up with ire— J. W. EASTBURNE . Her bosom heav'd - her eye glanc'd fire ; The blush that late suffus'd her face , To deeper crimson now gave place ; 40 ANIMAL - BEAST - BRUTE . Those eyes ...
... dark and troubled sea . 21. At this she bristled up with ire— J. W. EASTBURNE . Her bosom heav'd - her eye glanc'd fire ; The blush that late suffus'd her face , To deeper crimson now gave place ; 40 ANIMAL - BEAST - BRUTE . Those eyes ...
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... 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 hyena , fellest of the fell . 12. The lively , shining leopard , speckled o'er With many ...
... 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 hyena , fellest of the fell . 12. The lively , shining leopard , speckled o'er With many ...
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... flows , and , cannot cease to flow . SOUTHEY . BYRON'S Parisina . 18. As a beam o'er the face of the water may glow , While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below , 48 APPEARANCE . So the cheek may be ting'd with APPEARANCE . 47.
... flows , and , cannot cease to flow . SOUTHEY . BYRON'S Parisina . 18. As a beam o'er the face of the water may glow , While the tide runs in darkness and coldness below , 48 APPEARANCE . So the cheek may be ting'd with APPEARANCE . 47.
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... dark road his sordid way he wends , An incarnation of fat dividends . SPRAGUE'S Curiosity . SPRAGUE'S Curiosity . 17. And he , across whose brain scarce dares to creep Aught but thrift's parent pair - to get - to keep . 18. Mammon's ...
... dark road his sordid way he wends , An incarnation of fat dividends . SPRAGUE'S Curiosity . SPRAGUE'S Curiosity . 17. And he , across whose brain scarce dares to creep Aught but thrift's parent pair - to get - to keep . 18. Mammon's ...
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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