A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent and Appropriate Passages in the Old British Poets; with Choice and Copious Selections from the Best Modern British and American Poets |
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... wind but whispers of thy name , And not a flower that sleeps beneath the moon But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale Of thee . The thoughts of other days are rushing on me , The loved , -the lost , -the distant , and the dead , Are ...
... wind but whispers of thy name , And not a flower that sleeps beneath the moon But in its hues or fragrance tells a tale Of thee . The thoughts of other days are rushing on me , The loved , -the lost , -the distant , and the dead , Are ...
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... wind , Of wintry midnight moves thy startled mind ; Oh ! may it melt thy hardened heart , and bring From out thy frozen soul the life of spring . ACTION . Mrs. Hale . Away then , -work with boldness and with speed , On greatest actions ...
... wind , Of wintry midnight moves thy startled mind ; Oh ! may it melt thy hardened heart , and bring From out thy frozen soul the life of spring . ACTION . Mrs. Hale . Away then , -work with boldness and with speed , On greatest actions ...
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... wind was down , but still the sea ran high .. Byron's Don Juan . She ceased , and turn'd upon her pillow ; pale She lay , her dark eyes flashing through their tears , Like skies that rain and lighten ; as a veil , Waved and o'ershading ...
... wind was down , but still the sea ran high .. Byron's Don Juan . She ceased , and turn'd upon her pillow ; pale She lay , her dark eyes flashing through their tears , Like skies that rain and lighten ; as a veil , Waved and o'ershading ...
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... wind , sooner wasted Or blown out than under a bushel . Then came the autumne , all in yellow clad , As though he joyed in his plenteous store , Laden with fruits that made him laugh , full glaɑ That he had banish'd hunger , which to ...
... wind , sooner wasted Or blown out than under a bushel . Then came the autumne , all in yellow clad , As though he joyed in his plenteous store , Laden with fruits that made him laugh , full glaɑ That he had banish'd hunger , which to ...
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... winds Amongst the faded woods . AVARICE . Moore . Wordsworth But see the fading many - colour'd woods , Shade deep ... wind and thy fair sunny noon , And leave thee wild and sad ! Ah ! ' t were a lot too blest For ever in thy colour'd ...
... winds Amongst the faded woods . AVARICE . Moore . Wordsworth But see the fading many - colour'd woods , Shade deep ... wind and thy fair sunny noon , And leave thee wild and sad ! Ah ! ' t were a lot too blest For ever in thy colour'd ...
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Bailey's Festus beauty blood breast breath bright Butler's Hudibras Byron's Childe Harold charm clouds Coriolanus Cowper's Task dark death Doge of Venice doth dream Dryden's earth Eliza Cook ev'ry eyes fair fame fear feel flowers fool Gentlemen of Verona Giaour glory grave grief Hamlet hand happy hath heart heaven Henry Henry IV Henry VI honour hope hour Joanna Baillie's Julius Cæsar King light live look lord lov'd Macbeth Merchant of Venice Midsummer Night's Dream Milton's Paradise Lost mind Miss Landon nature ne'er never O. W. Holmes o'er Othello pain passion peace pleasure Poems Pope's pride Richard Richard III Romeo and Juliet Rowe's Scott's Shaks sigh sleep smile soft sorrow soul Spenser's Fairy Queen spirit stars sweet tears thee thine things Thomson's Seasons thou art tongue truth Venice virtue wind wretched Young's Night Thoughts youth