Heaven (that hath placed this island to give law E. WALLER. This England never did, nor never shall, King John, Act v. Sc. 7. A land of settled government, A land of just and old renown, SHAKESPEARE. Where freedom broadens slowly down, Where faction seldom gathers head; A. TENNYSON. Broad-based upon her people's will, To the Queen. SCOTLAND. O Caledonia! stern and wild, A. TENNYSON. Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, That knits me to thy rugged strand! SIR W. SCOTT. Hear, Land o' Cakes and brither Scots Frae Maiden Kirk to Johnny Groat's. On Capt. Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland. HOLLAND. R. BURNS. As when the sea breaks o'er its bounds, S. BUTLER. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, ITALY. Italia! O Italia! thou who hast O. GOLDSMITH. The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow ploughed by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Childe Harold, Canto IV. Italy, my Italy! LORD BYRON, Queen Mary's saying serves for me Lost her Calais): Open my heart, and you will see De Gustibus. COURAGE. R. BROWNING. Courage, the highest gift, that scorns to bend To mean devices for a sordid end. Courage-an independent spark from Heaven's bright throne, By which the soul stands raised, triumphant, high, alone. Great in itself, not praises of the crowd, Above all vice, it stoops not to be proud. Courage, the mighty attribute of powers above, By which those great in war, are great in love. As falsehoods draw their sordid birth from fear. G. FARQUHAR. Out of this nettle, danger, we pluck this flower, safety. King Henry IV., Pt. I. Act ii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE. Write on your doors the saying wise and old, Be bold! be bold!" and everywhere-"Be bold; Be not too bold!" Yet better the excess Than the defect; better the more than less; H. W. LONGFELLOW. MACBETH. If we should fail, LADY MACBETH. We fail! But screw your courage to the sticking place, And we 'll not fail. Macbeth, Act i. Sc. 7. SHAKESPEARE. What man dare, I dare⚫ Macbeth, Act iii. Sc. 4. SHAKESPEARE. "Brave boys," he said, "be not dismayed, For God will be our king this day, From the Battle of the Boyne. Old Ballad. By how much unexpected, by so much King John, Act ii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE. Blow, wind! come, wrack! Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 5. SHAKESPEARE. Danger knows full well That Cæsar is more dangerous than he. Julius Cæsar, Act ii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE. No common object to your sight displays, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws, What bosom beats not in his country's cause? Who hears him groan, and does not wish to bleed? A. POPE. Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And bade him follow. Julius Cæsar, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE. "You fool! I tell you no one means you harm." “So much the better," Juan said, “for them.” Don Juan. The intent and not the deed LORD BYRON. Is in our power; and therefore who dares greatly J. BROWN. False Wizard, avaunt! I have marshalled my clan, Their swords are a thousand, their bosoms are one! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death. Lochiel's Warning. COURTESY. T. CAMPBELL. How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy ! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers, It transmutes aliens into trusting friends, And gives its owner passport round the globe. Courtesy. J. T. FIELDS. In thy discourse, if thou desire to please; All such is courteous, useful, new, or wittie : Usefulness comes by labor, wit by ease; Courtesie grows in court; news in the citie. The Church Porch. I am the very pink of courtesy. Romeo and Juliet, Act ii. Sc. 4. G. HERBERT. SHAKESPEARE. The kindest man, The best-conditioned and unwearied spirit Merchant of Venice, Act iii. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE. Would you both please and be instructed too, B. STILLINGFLEET. COWARDICE. What is danger More than the weakness of our apprehensions? Who takes it hold of? Cowards and wicked livers: valiant minds BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. Alike reserved to blame, or to commend, Cowards are cruel, but the brave Fables, Pt. I. Fable Ï. When desp'rate ills demand a speedy cure, Distrust is cowardice, and prudence folly. Irene, Act iv. Sc. 1. A. POPE. J. GAY. DR. S. JOHNSON. He That kills himself to avoid misery, fears it, Maid of Honor, Act iv. Sc. 1. Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward! P. MASSINGER. Thou ever strong upon the stronger side! Thou Fortune's champion, that dost never fight To teach thee safety! King John, Act iii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE. For he who fights and runs away Can never rise and fight again. The Art of Poetry on a New Plan. O. GOLDSMITH. Cowards die many times before their deaths; |