A Dictionary of Quotations from English and American PoetsT.Y. Crowell & Company, 1888 - 761 pages |
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... morning what thou hast to do . Dress and undress thy soul . Watch the decay And growth of it . If with thy watch , that too Be down , then wind both up . Since we shall be Most surely judged , make thy accounts agree . 44 Herbert ...
... morning what thou hast to do . Dress and undress thy soul . Watch the decay And growth of it . If with thy watch , that too Be down , then wind both up . Since we shall be Most surely judged , make thy accounts agree . 44 Herbert ...
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... morning grass ; There is no rustling in the lofty elm That canopies my dwelling , and its shade Scarce cools me . All is silent , save the faint And interrupted murmur of the bee Settling on the sick flowers , and then again Instantly ...
... morning grass ; There is no rustling in the lofty elm That canopies my dwelling , and its shade Scarce cools me . All is silent , save the faint And interrupted murmur of the bee Settling on the sick flowers , and then again Instantly ...
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... morning roses newly wash'd with dew . 316 She's beautiful ; and therefore to be wooed : She is a woman ; therefore to be won . 317 Shaks .: 1 Henry VI . Act v . Sc . 3 . O , she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty hangs ...
... morning roses newly wash'd with dew . 316 She's beautiful ; and therefore to be wooed : She is a woman ; therefore to be won . 317 Shaks .: 1 Henry VI . Act v . Sc . 3 . O , she doth teach the torches to burn bright ! Her beauty hangs ...
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... morning - star of memory . 353 Byron : Giaour . Line 1135 . An eye's an eye , and whether black or blue Is no great matter , so ' tis in request , ' Tis nonsense to dispute about a hue - The kindest may be taken as a test . The fair sex ...
... morning - star of memory . 353 Byron : Giaour . Line 1135 . An eye's an eye , and whether black or blue Is no great matter , so ' tis in request , ' Tis nonsense to dispute about a hue - The kindest may be taken as a test . The fair sex ...
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... morning face , creeping like snail Unwillingly to school . 472 Shaks .: As You Like It . Act ii . Sc . 7 . O , ' tis a parlous boy ; Bold , quick , ingenious , forward , capable ; He's all the mother's from the top to toe . Shaks ...
... morning face , creeping like snail Unwillingly to school . 472 Shaks .: As You Like It . Act ii . Sc . 7 . O , ' tis a parlous boy ; Bold , quick , ingenious , forward , capable ; He's all the mother's from the top to toe . Shaks ...
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