Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson |
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... bright And lovely as a Lapland night Shall lead thee to thy grave . WALLER . WORDSWORTH . " Tis greatly wise to know before we're told , The melancholy news that we grow old . YOUNG . Like our shadows , AGONY . YOUNG . Thee I have miss ...
... bright And lovely as a Lapland night Shall lead thee to thy grave . WALLER . WORDSWORTH . " Tis greatly wise to know before we're told , The melancholy news that we grow old . YOUNG . Like our shadows , AGONY . YOUNG . Thee I have miss ...
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... bright temptation down : ' Tis base to seize on all . DRYDEN . Both ways deceitful is the wine of power ; When new ' tis heady , and when old ' tis sour . WALTER HARTE . In me , as yet , ambition had no part ; Pride had not sour'd , nor ...
... bright temptation down : ' Tis base to seize on all . DRYDEN . Both ways deceitful is the wine of power ; When new ' tis heady , and when old ' tis sour . WALTER HARTE . In me , as yet , ambition had no part ; Pride had not sour'd , nor ...
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... bright . But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong ; Like angels ' visits , short and bright , Mortality's too weak to bear them long . JOHN NORRIS : The Parting . Thy beauty appears , In its graces and ...
... bright . But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong ; Like angels ' visits , short and bright , Mortality's too weak to bear them long . JOHN NORRIS : The Parting . Thy beauty appears , In its graces and ...
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... bright still , though the brightest fell . SHAKSPEARE . She loves him with that excellence That angels love good men with . SHAKSPEARE . Long , long may you on earth our empress reign , Ere you in heaven a glorious angel stand ...
... bright still , though the brightest fell . SHAKSPEARE . She loves him with that excellence That angels love good men with . SHAKSPEARE . Long , long may you on earth our empress reign , Ere you in heaven a glorious angel stand ...
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... bright heaven our author fetch'd They who reach. None but an author knows an author's cares , Or fancy's fondness for the child she bears . COWPER . For he writes not for money , nor for praise , Nor to be call'd a wit , nor to wear bays ...
... bright heaven our author fetch'd They who reach. None but an author knows an author's cares , Or fancy's fondness for the child she bears . COWPER . For he writes not for money , nor for praise , Nor to be call'd a wit , nor to wear bays ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds BLACKMORE bless bliss breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature ne'er never Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thou trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth