A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... dark , Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark . 135 Dryden : Absalom and Achitophel . Pt . i . Line 299 . Nor does it follow , ' cause a herald Can make a gentleman scarce a year old , To be descended of a race Of ancient kings in a ...
... dark , Drawn from the mouldy rolls of Noah's ark . 135 Dryden : Absalom and Achitophel . Pt . i . Line 299 . Nor does it follow , ' cause a herald Can make a gentleman scarce a year old , To be descended of a race Of ancient kings in a ...
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... dark and lonely hiding - place , ( Portentous sight ! ) the owlet Atheism , Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon , Drops his blue - fringed lids , and holds them close , And hooting at the glorious sun in heaven , Cries out , 221 ...
... dark and lonely hiding - place , ( Portentous sight ! ) the owlet Atheism , Sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon , Drops his blue - fringed lids , and holds them close , And hooting at the glorious sun in heaven , Cries out , 221 ...
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... dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies . 356 Byron : She Walks in Beauty . There was a soft and pensive grace , A cast of thought upon her face , That suited ...
... dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes ; Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies . 356 Byron : She Walks in Beauty . There was a soft and pensive grace , A cast of thought upon her face , That suited ...
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... dark , dark , dark , amid the blaze of noon ; Irrecoverably dark ! total eclipse , Without all hope of day . 416 Milton : Samson Agonistes . Line 80 . O , loss of sight , of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies , O worse than ...
... dark , dark , dark , amid the blaze of noon ; Irrecoverably dark ! total eclipse , Without all hope of day . 416 Milton : Samson Agonistes . Line 80 . O , loss of sight , of thee I most complain ! Blind among enemies , O worse than ...
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... dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out . 418 Milton : Par ...
... dark Surrounds me , from the cheerful ways of men Cut off , and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works , to me expunged and rased , And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out . 418 Milton : Par ...
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