Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson |
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... leaves your short And made his wound far greater than before ; delay , Absence not long enough to root out quite And fountains o'er their pebbles chid your All love , increases love at second sight . stay : But , with your presence ...
... leaves your short And made his wound far greater than before ; delay , Absence not long enough to root out quite And fountains o'er their pebbles chid your All love , increases love at second sight . stay : But , with your presence ...
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... leaves the heart Loosed from life's charm , and willing to depart . CRABBE . Our nature here is not unlike our wine ; Some sorts , when old , continue brisk and fine : So age's gravity may seem severe , But nothing harsh or bitter ought ...
... leaves the heart Loosed from life's charm , and willing to depart . CRABBE . Our nature here is not unlike our wine ; Some sorts , when old , continue brisk and fine : So age's gravity may seem severe , But nothing harsh or bitter ought ...
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... leaves from trees , At every little breath misfortune blows , Till , left quite naked of their happiness , In the chill blasts of winter they expire . This day then let us not be told That you are sick , and I grown old ; Nor think on ...
... leaves from trees , At every little breath misfortune blows , Till , left quite naked of their happiness , In the chill blasts of winter they expire . This day then let us not be told That you are sick , and I grown old ; Nor think on ...
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... leaves , the scorching blast invades The tender corn , and shrivels up the blades . DRYDEN . Thou king of horned floods , whose plenteous urn Suffices fatness to the fruitful corn , Shalt share my morning song and evening vows . DRYDEN ...
... leaves , the scorching blast invades The tender corn , and shrivels up the blades . DRYDEN . Thou king of horned floods , whose plenteous urn Suffices fatness to the fruitful corn , Shalt share my morning song and evening vows . DRYDEN ...
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... leaves the task of day , And trudging homeward whistles on the way . GAY . How turnips hide their swelling heads below , And how the closing coleworts upwards grow . GAY . Cheerful at morn , he wakes from short repose , Breathes the ...
... leaves the task of day , And trudging homeward whistles on the way . GAY . How turnips hide their swelling heads below , And how the closing coleworts upwards grow . GAY . Cheerful at morn , he wakes from short repose , Breathes the ...
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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