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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... happy , blest , and free From every ill ! Lady , farewell ! J. T. WATSON . ' ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE . 1. So do the winds and thunder cleanse the air , So working bees settle and purge the wine ; So lopp'd and prunèd trees do flourish ...
... happy , blest , and free From every ill ! Lady , farewell ! J. T. WATSON . ' ADVERSITY - MISFORTUNE . 1. So do the winds and thunder cleanse the air , So working bees settle and purge the wine ; So lopp'd and prunèd trees do flourish ...
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... happy - need I now ? BYRON'S Giaour . 24. Of all the horrid , hideous notes of woe , Sadder than owl - songs on the midnight blast , Is that portentous phrase , " I told you so , " Utter'd by friends , those prophets of the past , Who ...
... happy - need I now ? BYRON'S Giaour . 24. Of all the horrid , hideous notes of woe , Sadder than owl - songs on the midnight blast , Is that portentous phrase , " I told you so , " Utter'd by friends , those prophets of the past , Who ...
Page 42
... he make , To get one medal wanting yet , And perfect all his Roman set ! ' Tis found ! and oh ! his happy lot ! ' Tis bought , lock'd up , and lies forgot ! SHAKERLY . PRIOR . 3. He shows , on holidays , a sacred pin.
... he make , To get one medal wanting yet , And perfect all his Roman set ! ' Tis found ! and oh ! his happy lot ! ' Tis bought , lock'd up , and lies forgot ! SHAKERLY . PRIOR . 3. He shows , on holidays , a sacred pin.
Page 69
... and who was the belle ; But each was so happy , and all were so fair , That night stole away , and the dawn caught them there . S. G. GOODRICH . 70 BANISHMENT - EXILE . BANISHMENT - EXILE . 1. BALL - DANCING , & c . 69.
... and who was the belle ; But each was so happy , and all were so fair , That night stole away , and the dawn caught them there . S. G. GOODRICH . 70 BANISHMENT - EXILE . BANISHMENT - EXILE . 1. BALL - DANCING , & c . 69.
Page 108
... happy is the rose distill'd , 2 . Than that , which , withering on the virgin thorn , Grows , lives and dies in single blessedness . Chaste as the icicle That's curdled by the frost of purest snow , And hangs on Dian's temple . 3. Lady ...
... happy is the rose distill'd , 2 . Than that , which , withering on the virgin thorn , Grows , lives and dies in single blessedness . Chaste as the icicle That's curdled by the frost of purest snow , And hangs on Dian's temple . 3. Lady ...
Common terms and phrases
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