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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... never recover , Each felt that the future no hope could restore ; She shudder'd at wringing the heart of her lover , I dared not to say I must meet her no more . CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN . 19. Farewell , then , thou loved one - O , loved ...
... never recover , Each felt that the future no hope could restore ; She shudder'd at wringing the heart of her lover , I dared not to say I must meet her no more . CHARLES FENNO HOFFMAN . 19. Farewell , then , thou loved one - O , loved ...
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... never part Whose tears are doom'd to be forgot ; Oh ! by that agony of heart , Forget me not - forget me not ! 25. ' T was bitter then to rend the heart With the sad word that we must part , And , like some low and mournful spell , To.
... never part Whose tears are doom'd to be forgot ; Oh ! by that agony of heart , Forget me not - forget me not ! 25. ' T was bitter then to rend the heart With the sad word that we must part , And , like some low and mournful spell , To.
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... thy tears away , If tears those eyes must know ; But sweeter still to hear thee say , Thou never hadst them flow . BULWER . MRS . C. H. W. ESLING 6. How cling we to a thing our hearts have nursed ! 7. Oh , if there were one gentle eye To.
... thy tears away , If tears those eyes must know ; But sweeter still to hear thee say , Thou never hadst them flow . BULWER . MRS . C. H. W. ESLING 6. How cling we to a thing our hearts have nursed ! 7. Oh , if there were one gentle eye To.
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... never ceaseth to enlarge itself , Till , by wide spreading , it disperse to nought . Who trod the ways of glory ... never gains its end . Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? GRAY'S Elegy . And , barr'd ...
... never ceaseth to enlarge itself , Till , by wide spreading , it disperse to nought . Who trod the ways of glory ... never gains its end . Who hath not heard the rich complain Of surfeit and corporeal pain ? GRAY'S Elegy . And , barr'd ...
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... dirty point oft checks the careless pace , And muddy spots the clean cravat disgrace . Oh ! may I never such misfortune meet ! May no such vicious persons walk the street ! GAY'S Trivia . 12. In diamonds , curls , and rich brocades She.
... dirty point oft checks the careless pace , And muddy spots the clean cravat disgrace . Oh ! may I never such misfortune meet ! May no such vicious persons walk the street ! GAY'S Trivia . 12. In diamonds , curls , and rich brocades She.
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