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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... light and free , Is fill'd with doubts and fears ! Thy days like tedious weeks do seem , Thy weeks slow - moving months we deem , Thy months , long - lingering years ! J. T. WATSON . ACTION . 1. Whilst timorous knowledge stands ...
... light and free , Is fill'd with doubts and fears ! Thy days like tedious weeks do seem , Thy weeks slow - moving months we deem , Thy months , long - lingering years ! J. T. WATSON . ACTION . 1. Whilst timorous knowledge stands ...
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... shall bring on faithful wing , From o'er the flood of tears , FRY'S Leonora . The pledge of peace , when grief may cease , And joy light after years . FRY'S Leonora . 1 30 AGE . AGE . 1 . -And his big 3 * AFFECTION . 29.
... shall bring on faithful wing , From o'er the flood of tears , FRY'S Leonora . The pledge of peace , when grief may cease , And joy light after years . FRY'S Leonora . 1 30 AGE . AGE . 1 . -And his big 3 * AFFECTION . 29.
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... light no more . Till BROOME . SCOTT'S Rokeby . 11. ' Tis the sunset of life gives us mystical lore , And coming events cast their shadows before . CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope . 12. Although my heart in earlier youth . Might kindle with ...
... light no more . Till BROOME . SCOTT'S Rokeby . 11. ' Tis the sunset of life gives us mystical lore , And coming events cast their shadows before . CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope . 12. Although my heart in earlier youth . Might kindle with ...
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... light : He tempts his fate , and courts a glorious doom , A bright destruction and a shining tomb . TICKELL . 12. So much the raging thirst for fame exceeds The generous warmth which prompts to worthy deeds , That none confess fair ...
... light : He tempts his fate , and courts a glorious doom , A bright destruction and a shining tomb . TICKELL . 12. So much the raging thirst for fame exceeds The generous warmth which prompts to worthy deeds , That none confess fair ...
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... heart that beats within is light , And free from pain and care . A blush may tinge the darkest cloud Ere Sol's last ray depart , And underneath the sunniest smile May lurk the saddest heart . APPETITE — DINNER - HUNGER , & c . -
... heart that beats within is light , And free from pain and care . A blush may tinge the darkest cloud Ere Sol's last ray depart , And underneath the sunniest smile May lurk the saddest heart . APPETITE — DINNER - HUNGER , & c . -
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