Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... Birds , " " A Story of the Seasons , " & c . " Blessings be with them , and eternal praise , The Poets , who on earth have made us heirs Of truth , and pure delight , by heavenly lays . " WORDSWORTH . GLASGOW : ROBERT FORRESTER ...
... Birds , " " A Story of the Seasons , " & c . " Blessings be with them , and eternal praise , The Poets , who on earth have made us heirs Of truth , and pure delight , by heavenly lays . " WORDSWORTH . GLASGOW : ROBERT FORRESTER ...
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... birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could make me any summer's story tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew . Nor did I wonder at the lilies white , Nor praise the deep vermillion in ...
... birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could make me any summer's story tell , Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew . Nor did I wonder at the lilies white , Nor praise the deep vermillion in ...
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... birds are met to strip the jays . Swift . So powerful are a banker's bills Where creditors demand their due ; They break up counters , doors , and tills , And leave the empty chests in view . Swift . BARD . AND many bards , that to the ...
... birds are met to strip the jays . Swift . So powerful are a banker's bills Where creditors demand their due ; They break up counters , doors , and tills , And leave the empty chests in view . Swift . BARD . AND many bards , that to the ...
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... birds would sing , and think it were not night . Shakspere . Beauty , sweet love is like the morning dew , Whose short refresh upon the tender green , Cheers for a time but till the sun doth shew , And straight ' t is gone as it had ...
... birds would sing , and think it were not night . Shakspere . Beauty , sweet love is like the morning dew , Whose short refresh upon the tender green , Cheers for a time but till the sun doth shew , And straight ' t is gone as it had ...
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... birds in heaven were singing ; And with a lulling sound , The music floats around , And drops like balm into the drowsy ear . Mrs. E. C. Judson . Those evening bells - those evening bells— How many a tale their music tells Of youth and ...
... birds in heaven were singing ; And with a lulling sound , The music floats around , And drops like balm into the drowsy ear . Mrs. E. C. Judson . Those evening bells - those evening bells— How many a tale their music tells Of youth and ...
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Aaron Hill Anon Beaumont and Fletcher beauty Ben Jonson birds bless bliss blush breast breath bright brow Butler Byron Charles Mackay charms cheek clouds Cowper crown dark death deeds delight Denham divine doth dream Dryden earth Ebenezer Elliott Eliza Cook eternal eyes fair fame fate fear feel flowers fools gentle give glory gold grace grief hand happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Joanna Baillie Jonson king light live look man's Massinger Milton mind N. P. Willis nature nature's ne'er never night noble nought numbers o'er P. J. Bailey pain passion pleasure Pollok Pope praise pride proud rich Roscommon scorn Shakspere shine sigh sleep smile sorrow soul Spenser spirit sweet tears thee thine things Thomson thou art thought tongue truth unto virtue voice wind wings wise words Wordsworth Young youth