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" Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. "
The Southern literary messenger - Page 164
1850
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Poems from the Poetical Works of William Wordsworth

William Wordsworth - 1853 - 300 pages
...door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment...
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The Excursion: A Poem

William Wordsworth - 1853 - 394 pages
...door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir ! the good die first,! , And they whose hearts are dry as summer dustl j / Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Hath blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks, \ When...
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Where is it? A dictionary of common poetical quotations in the English language

Where - 1855 - 86 pages
...Prophetic of the doom, Heaven gives its favourites early death. Child Harold, canto iv, stanza 102. The good die first And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket. Excursion, book i. WOKDSWOETH. E The air, a charter'd libertine. King Henry I V., act i, scene 1 ....
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Miscellaneous Pamphlets on Some of the Leading Questions Agitated in the ...

Julius Charles Hare - 1855 - 536 pages
...shall see soon. For vitality is not always a proof of inherent worth. The poet has told us : " Ah, sir, the good die first ; And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." That Paper consists of three parts. The first is the reprint of a Declaration made by Resident Members...
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The Ayrshire wreath, a collection of prose and verse relating to Ayrshire ...

1855 - 234 pages
...Excursion :" — "The first virgin passion of a soul Communing with the glorious universe." — " Surely the good die first ! and they Whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." — " Meek repentance, wafting wallflower scents From out the crumbling ruins of fallen pride And chambers...
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Sermons for the People. ...

Frederic Dan Huntington - 1856 - 490 pages
...nor the waymarks of duty always visible ; that the brightest lamps are often quenched first ; that " the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket " ; that moral purity is not outwardly rewarded, and righteous plans seem to fail. And, what is perhaps...
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Chambers's Papers for the People, Volumes 5-6

1856 - 580 pages
...door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a passenger Had blessed poor Margaret for her gentle looks When she upheld the cool refreshment...
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A Collection of Familiar Quotations: With Complete Indices of Authors and ...

John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 pages
...THE EXCURSION. Book i. The vision and the faculty divine. The imperfect offices of prayer and praise. The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Book ii. This dull product of a scoffer's pen'. With battlements, that on their restless fronts Bore...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 48

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1856 - 694 pages
...amusement of his companions, he continued to call him, long after his school-days were over.' ' 0 Sin ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket.' We would not here unfold private sorrow ; but alas ! there are few such peculiar griefs ' due to a...
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The Cambrian Journal, Volume 4

1857 - 348 pages
...moss of years, and subject only To the rough handlings of the elements. There let it lie. O ! sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many passengers Had blessed poor Ellen for her gentle looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment,...
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