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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... flowers from the native wildwood in which we find them sur- rounded and almost obscured by weeds and thistles , and transplanting them to bloom in this little parterre . The Extracts , with few exceptions , have been arranged in ...
... flowers from the native wildwood in which we find them sur- rounded and almost obscured by weeds and thistles , and transplanting them to bloom in this little parterre . The Extracts , with few exceptions , have been arranged in ...
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... Flowers 277 Horse . Folly 279 Humility ... Fools 279 Hunger Forgetfulness . 281 Hunting . Forget Me Not 282 Hypocrisy Forgiveness . 283 Fortitude 97 ...... Fortune .. 110 Idleness . Frankness Freedom 286 Ignorance 286 Imagination ...
... Flowers 277 Horse . Folly 279 Humility ... Fools 279 Hunger Forgetfulness . 281 Hunting . Forget Me Not 282 Hypocrisy Forgiveness . 283 Fortitude 97 ...... Fortune .. 110 Idleness . Frankness Freedom 286 Ignorance 286 Imagination ...
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... flower that sleeps beneath the moon , But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale Of thee . PROCTOR'S Mirandola . 5. What tender strains of passion can impart The pangs of absence to an amorous heart ! Far , far too faint the powers of ...
... flower that sleeps beneath the moon , But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale Of thee . PROCTOR'S Mirandola . 5. What tender strains of passion can impart The pangs of absence to an amorous heart ! Far , far too faint the powers of ...
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... flower ; He dies - alas ! how soon he dies ! - 9. Let us then be up and doing , With a heart for every fate ; Still achieving , still pursuing , Learn to labour and to wait . HENRY W. LONGFELLOW . ACTORS - DRAMA · ― - THEATRE . 1. Look ...
... flower ; He dies - alas ! how soon he dies ! - 9. Let us then be up and doing , With a heart for every fate ; Still achieving , still pursuing , Learn to labour and to wait . HENRY W. LONGFELLOW . ACTORS - DRAMA · ― - THEATRE . 1. Look ...
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... flowers . 27. And now , fair ladies , one and all , adieu , PARK BENJAMIN . MRS . L. P. SMITH . Good luck , good husbands , and good bye to you ! 28. But O ! whate'er my fate may be , And time alone that tale can tell , J. T. WATSON ...
... flowers . 27. And now , fair ladies , one and all , adieu , PARK BENJAMIN . MRS . L. P. SMITH . Good luck , good husbands , and good bye to you ! 28. But O ! whate'er my fate may be , And time alone that tale can tell , J. T. WATSON ...
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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