Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim , Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him . Yet nor the lays of birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could ...
... proud - pied April , dress'd in all his trim , Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing ; That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him . Yet nor the lays of birds , nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue , Could ...
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... proud ? Because their marble founts Gushed with more pride than do a wretch's tears ? Why were they proud ? Because fair orange - mounts Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs ? Why were they proud ? Because red - lined accounts ...
... proud ? Because their marble founts Gushed with more pride than do a wretch's tears ? Why were they proud ? Because fair orange - mounts Were of more soft ascent than lazar stairs ? Why were they proud ? Because red - lined accounts ...
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... proud are taught to taste of pain ; And purple tyrants vainly groan Milton . Somerville . With pangs unfelt before , unpitied , and alone . * * * * * Thy form benign , Oh , Goddess ! wear , Thy milder influence impart ; Thy philosophic ...
... proud are taught to taste of pain ; And purple tyrants vainly groan Milton . Somerville . With pangs unfelt before , unpitied , and alone . * * * * * Thy form benign , Oh , Goddess ! wear , Thy milder influence impart ; Thy philosophic ...
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... proud display Of smoky ancestors in wax and clay . ANGELS - ANGELIC . Gifford . How oft do they their silver bowers leave , To come to succour us that succour want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies , like ...
... proud display Of smoky ancestors in wax and clay . ANGELS - ANGELIC . Gifford . How oft do they their silver bowers leave , To come to succour us that succour want ? How oft do they with golden pinions cleave The flitting skies , like ...
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... dog - hole eked with ends of wall . * * * * * * Or call the winds through long arcades to roar , Proud to catch hold of a Venetian door . Pope . 52 ARCHANGEL . ARCHITECT . Let Rome in Tiber melt ARBITRATION . 51 ARBOUR . ARCADE .
... dog - hole eked with ends of wall . * * * * * * Or call the winds through long arcades to roar , Proud to catch hold of a Venetian door . Pope . 52 ARCHANGEL . ARCHITECT . Let Rome in Tiber melt ARBITRATION . 51 ARBOUR . ARCADE .
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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