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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... sound that makes us linger - yet , farewell ! BYRON . BYRON'S Childe Harold . 6. Let's not unman each other - part at once ; All farewells should be sudden , when for ever , Else they make an eternity of moments , And clog the last sad ...
... sound that makes us linger - yet , farewell ! BYRON . BYRON'S Childe Harold . 6. Let's not unman each other - part at once ; All farewells should be sudden , when for ever , Else they make an eternity of moments , And clog the last sad ...
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... sound . 2. When forty winters shall besiege your brow , And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field , Thy youth's proud livery , so gazed on now , SHAKSPEARE . Will be a tatter'd weed , of small worth held . 3. In me thou seest the ...
... sound . 2. When forty winters shall besiege your brow , And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field , Thy youth's proud livery , so gazed on now , SHAKSPEARE . Will be a tatter'd weed , of small worth held . 3. In me thou seest the ...
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... sound , Spending the short remainder of his life In brutal conflict , and in deadly strife : - For ' t is a strife , disguise it as you may , Keen as the warrior's in the battle day . J. T. WATSON . J. T. WATSON . ANCESTRY - NOBILITY ...
... sound , Spending the short remainder of his life In brutal conflict , and in deadly strife : - For ' t is a strife , disguise it as you may , Keen as the warrior's in the battle day . J. T. WATSON . J. T. WATSON . ANCESTRY - NOBILITY ...
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... sound . MILTON'S Comus . 5. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a lord ' may be an owl ; A calf an alderman , a goose a justice , And rooks committee - men and ...
... sound . MILTON'S Comus . 5. He'd undertake to prove , by force Of argument , a man's no horse ; He'd prove a buzzard is no fowl , And that a lord ' may be an owl ; A calf an alderman , a goose a justice , And rooks committee - men and ...
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... sound , A lion , rous'd by heedless hound , A tyrant wak'd to sudden strife , By graze of ill - directed knife , Starts not to more convulsive life , Than he who heard that vow display'd . BYRON's Bride of Abydos . AUTHORS - WRITERS . 1 ...
... sound , A lion , rous'd by heedless hound , A tyrant wak'd to sudden strife , By graze of ill - directed knife , Starts not to more convulsive life , Than he who heard that vow display'd . BYRON's Bride of Abydos . AUTHORS - WRITERS . 1 ...
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