A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... grave to rest in , and a fading name . 118 William Winter : Queen's Domain . To reign is worth ambition , though in hell : Better to reign in hell , than serve in heaven . 119 Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . i . Line 262 . But what will not ...
... grave to rest in , and a fading name . 118 William Winter : Queen's Domain . To reign is worth ambition , though in hell : Better to reign in hell , than serve in heaven . 119 Milton : Par . Lost . Bk . i . Line 262 . But what will not ...
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... graves are raised ; And lips say , 66 That ne'er said " God be praised . " 222 ATHENS . God be pitiful , " Mrs. Browning : Cry of the Human . Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where , ' Where are thy men of might , thy grand in soul ...
... graves are raised ; And lips say , 66 That ne'er said " God be praised . " 222 ATHENS . God be pitiful , " Mrs. Browning : Cry of the Human . Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where , ' Where are thy men of might , thy grand in soul ...
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... graves of the Good , The cold Mist comes up from the Sea . Byron Forceythe Willson : Autumn Song . 257 Autumn wins you best by this its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay . 258 Robert Browning : Paracelsus . Sc . i . Earth is all in ...
... graves of the Good , The cold Mist comes up from the Sea . Byron Forceythe Willson : Autumn Song . 257 Autumn wins you best by this its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay . 258 Robert Browning : Paracelsus . Sc . i . Earth is all in ...
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... : Lady , you are the cruell'st she alive , If you will lead these graces to the grave , And leave the world no copy . 315 Shaks .: Tw . Night . Act i . Sc . 5 . She looks as clear Shaks .: Tam . of the BATTLE - BEAUTY . 35.
... : Lady , you are the cruell'st she alive , If you will lead these graces to the grave , And leave the world no copy . 315 Shaks .: Tw . Night . Act i . Sc . 5 . She looks as clear Shaks .: Tam . of the BATTLE - BEAUTY . 35.
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... grave . 531 Henry Kirke White : Childhood . Pt . ii . Line 17 . Care to our coffin adds a nail , no doubt ; And every grin , so merry , draws one out . 532 When one is past , another care we have ; Thus woe succeeds a woe , as wave a ...
... grave . 531 Henry Kirke White : Childhood . Pt . ii . Line 17 . Care to our coffin adds a nail , no doubt ; And every grin , so merry , draws one out . 532 When one is past , another care we have ; Thus woe succeeds a woe , as wave a ...
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