Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson |
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... hear. Prudence , thou vainly in our youth art sought , And with age purchased , art too dearly bought : We're past the use of wit for which we toil : Late fruit , and planted in too cold a soil . DRYDEN . Our green youth copies what grey ...
... hear. Prudence , thou vainly in our youth art sought , And with age purchased , art too dearly bought : We're past the use of wit for which we toil : Late fruit , and planted in too cold a soil . DRYDEN . Our green youth copies what grey ...
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Samuel Austin Allibone. AGE . And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear . DR . S. JOHNSON : Vanity of Human Wishes . Thou must outlive Thy youth , thy strength , thy beauty , which will change To wither'd , weak , and grey . My hasting days ...
Samuel Austin Allibone. AGE . And scarce a legacy can bribe to hear . DR . S. JOHNSON : Vanity of Human Wishes . Thou must outlive Thy youth , thy strength , thy beauty , which will change To wither'd , weak , and grey . My hasting days ...
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... hear The rain and wind beat dark December . SHAKSPEARE . Youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears , Than settled age his sables and his weeds , Importing health and graveness . SHAKSPEARE . How ill white hairs ...
... hear The rain and wind beat dark December . SHAKSPEARE . Youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears , Than settled age his sables and his weeds , Importing health and graveness . SHAKSPEARE . How ill white hairs ...
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... Hear , all ye angels , progeny of light , Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , pow'rs ! The angel ended , and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice . MILTON . MILTON . MILTON . How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like ...
... Hear , all ye angels , progeny of light , Thrones , dominations , princedoms , virtues , pow'rs ! The angel ended , and in Adam's ear So charming left his voice . MILTON . MILTON . MILTON . How fading are the joys we dote upon ! Like ...
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... hear thy Parnell in his living lays . POPE . Then future ages with delight shall see How Plato's , Bacon's , Newton's , looks agree ; Or in fair series laurell'd bards be shown , A Virgil there , and here an Addison . POPE . Go soar ...
... hear thy Parnell in his living lays . POPE . Then future ages with delight shall see How Plato's , Bacon's , Newton's , looks agree ; Or in fair series laurell'd bards be shown , A Virgil there , and here an Addison . POPE . Go soar ...
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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