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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... Heaven Festivity 209 Hell .... Fickleness 270 Hermit . Fighting 74 History Firmness 193 Home Fishing 270 Honesty . Flag .. 71 Honor Flattery 274 Hope ... Flowers 277 Horse . Folly 279 Humility ... Fools 279 Hunger Forgetfulness . 281 ...
... Heaven Festivity 209 Hell .... Fickleness 270 Hermit . Fighting 74 History Firmness 193 Home Fishing 270 Honesty . Flag .. 71 Honor Flattery 274 Hope ... Flowers 277 Horse . Folly 279 Humility ... Fools 279 Hunger Forgetfulness . 281 ...
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... 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 ! 15. Vanish'd , like dew - drops from the spray ...
... 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 ! 15. Vanish'd , like dew - drops from the spray ...
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... Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to lighten all our future days . 9 I will bear it With all the tender sufferance of a friend , As calmly as the wounded patient bears ...
... Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction ; As oft the cloud that wraps the present hour Serves but to lighten all our future days . 9 I will bear it With all the tender sufferance of a friend , As calmly as the wounded patient bears ...
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... heaven : — Life has naught else that may supply its place . MISS L. E. LANDON . 2. Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart ; As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had ...
... heaven : — Life has naught else that may supply its place . MISS L. E. LANDON . 2. Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart ; As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had ...
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... heaven , CAMPBELL . N. P. WILLIS . Ambition is the germ , THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH . From which all growth of nobleness proceeds . 18. In some , ambition is the chief concern ; For this they languish and for this they burn ; For this they ...
... heaven , CAMPBELL . N. P. WILLIS . Ambition is the germ , THOMAS DUNN ENGLISH . From which all growth of nobleness proceeds . 18. In some , ambition is the chief concern ; For this they languish and for this they burn ; For this they ...
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