A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... fair behavior in thee , captain ; And though that nature with a beanteous wall Doth oft close in pollution , yet of thee I will believe , thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character . 171 Shaks .: Tw . Night ...
... fair behavior in thee , captain ; And though that nature with a beanteous wall Doth oft close in pollution , yet of thee I will believe , thou hast a mind that suits With this thy fair and outward character . 171 Shaks .: Tw . Night ...
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Henry George Bohn Anna Lydia Ward. Earth is all in splendor drest ; Queenly fair , she sits at rest , While the deep , delicious day Dreams its happy life away . 259 Margaret E. Sangster : An Autumn Day . St. 4 . Winds are swelling Round ...
Henry George Bohn Anna Lydia Ward. Earth is all in splendor drest ; Queenly fair , she sits at rest , While the deep , delicious day Dreams its happy life away . 259 Margaret E. Sangster : An Autumn Day . St. 4 . Winds are swelling Round ...
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... fair light whereon they fed , Tulip , and hyacinth , and sweet rose red , Like exhalations from the leafy mould , Look here how honor glorifies the dead , And warms their scutcheons with a glance of gold . 268 IIood : Written in a vol ...
... fair light whereon they fed , Tulip , and hyacinth , and sweet rose red , Like exhalations from the leafy mould , Look here how honor glorifies the dead , And warms their scutcheons with a glance of gold . 268 IIood : Written in a vol ...
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... fair , but fairer we it deem , For that sweet odor which doth in it live . 309 Shaks .: Sonnet liv . My beauty , though but mean , Needs not the painted flourish of your praise ; Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye , Not utter'd by ...
... fair , but fairer we it deem , For that sweet odor which doth in it live . 309 Shaks .: Sonnet liv . My beauty , though but mean , Needs not the painted flourish of your praise ; Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye , Not utter'd by ...
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... fair . 336 J. G. Saxe : The Beautiful . Is she not more than painting can express , Or youthful poets fancy when they love ? 337 Rowe : Fair Penitent . Act iii . Sc . 1 . " Tis not a set of features , or complexion , The tincture of a ...
... fair . 336 J. G. Saxe : The Beautiful . Is she not more than painting can express , Or youthful poets fancy when they love ? 337 Rowe : Fair Penitent . Act iii . Sc . 1 . " Tis not a set of features , or complexion , The tincture of a ...
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