Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson |
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Page 21
... look'd in years , yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor , and autumnal green . DRYDEN . Age has not yet So shrunk my sinews , or so chill'd my veins , But conscious virtue in my breast remains . DRYDEN . Were I no queen , did you ...
... look'd in years , yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor , and autumnal green . DRYDEN . Age has not yet So shrunk my sinews , or so chill'd my veins , But conscious virtue in my breast remains . DRYDEN . Were I no queen , did you ...
Page 45
... look on the stars and look on thee , And read the page of thy destiny . L. E. LANDON . For if those stars , cross to me in my birth , Had not denied their prosperous influence to it , I might have ceased to be , and not as now To curse ...
... look on the stars and look on thee , And read the page of thy destiny . L. E. LANDON . For if those stars , cross to me in my birth , Had not denied their prosperous influence to it , I might have ceased to be , and not as now To curse ...
Page 60
... Look but on Gripus , or on Gripus ' wife . POPE . ' Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those ... looks on charity with hate . DR . WOLCOTT . Some , o'er - enamour'd of their bags , run mad , Groan under gold , yet weep ...
... Look but on Gripus , or on Gripus ' wife . POPE . ' Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain those ... looks on charity with hate . DR . WOLCOTT . Some , o'er - enamour'd of their bags , run mad , Groan under gold , yet weep ...
Page 66
... look up to , though glorious and fair , Is look'd up to more because heaven is there ! MOORE . ' Tis not a lip , or eye , we beauty call , But the joint force and full result of all . POPE . Love raised on beauty will like that decay ...
... look up to , though glorious and fair , Is look'd up to more because heaven is there ! MOORE . ' Tis not a lip , or eye , we beauty call , But the joint force and full result of all . POPE . Love raised on beauty will like that decay ...
Page 67
... Look on her face , and you'll forget them all . POPE . Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear , Consider'd singly , or beheld too near ; Which but proportion'd to their light or place , Due distance reconciles to form and grace ...
... Look on her face , and you'll forget them all . POPE . Some figures monstrous and misshaped appear , Consider'd singly , or beheld too near ; Which but proportion'd to their light or place , Due distance reconciles to form and grace ...
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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