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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Page 29
... delight , The morning welcome , and the sweet good night ! 9. No love is like a sister's love , Unselfish , free , and pure- A flame that , lighted from above , Will guide but ne'er allure . It knows no frown of jealous fear , No blush ...
... delight , The morning welcome , and the sweet good night ! 9. No love is like a sister's love , Unselfish , free , and pure- A flame that , lighted from above , Will guide but ne'er allure . It knows no frown of jealous fear , No blush ...
Page 48
... delightful dream ; I cannot spare the luxury of believing That all things beautiful are what they seem . 1 FITZ - GREEN HALLECK . 22. ' Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest , purest soul within ; ' Tis not the richest plant ...
... delightful dream ; I cannot spare the luxury of believing That all things beautiful are what they seem . 1 FITZ - GREEN HALLECK . 22. ' Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest , purest soul within ; ' Tis not the richest plant ...
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... delight , what sweet visions she brings Of freshness , of gladness and mirth- Of fair sunny glades where the buttercup springs , Of cool , gushing fountains , of rose - tinted wings , Of birds , bees and blossoms , all beautiful things ...
... delight , what sweet visions she brings Of freshness , of gladness and mirth- Of fair sunny glades where the buttercup springs , Of cool , gushing fountains , of rose - tinted wings , Of birds , bees and blossoms , all beautiful things ...
Page 68
... delightful kind , A lofty jumping and a leaping round , When arm in arm the dancers are entwined , And whirl themselves with strict embracements round . 4. Alike all ages ; dames of ancient days Have led their children through the ...
... delightful kind , A lofty jumping and a leaping round , When arm in arm the dancers are entwined , And whirl themselves with strict embracements round . 4. Alike all ages ; dames of ancient days Have led their children through the ...
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... delight , and dear friend left behind ! COWPER . MAT . G. LEWIS . 5 , Dreams of the land where all my wishes centre , Those scenes which I am doom'd no more to know , Full oft shall memory trace - my soul's tormentor- And turn each ...
... delight , and dear friend left behind ! COWPER . MAT . G. LEWIS . 5 , Dreams of the land where all my wishes centre , Those scenes which I am doom'd no more to know , Full oft shall memory trace - my soul's tormentor- And turn each ...
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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