Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson: With Copious Indexes ... |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 84
Page 22
... rich , the valiant , and the sage , And boasting youth , and narrative old age . POPE . MILTON . But if you'll prosper , mark what I advise , Whom age and long experience render wise . POPE . My hasting days fly on with full career ...
... rich , the valiant , and the sage , And boasting youth , and narrative old age . POPE . MILTON . But if you'll prosper , mark what I advise , Whom age and long experience render wise . POPE . My hasting days fly on with full career ...
Page 25
... Rich fruits and flow'rs , without the gardener's pains , Might ev'ry hill have crown'd , have honour'd all the plains . SIR R. BLACKMORE . Through all the soil a genial ferment spreads , Regenerates the plants , and new adorns the meads ...
... Rich fruits and flow'rs , without the gardener's pains , Might ev'ry hill have crown'd , have honour'd all the plains . SIR R. BLACKMORE . Through all the soil a genial ferment spreads , Regenerates the plants , and new adorns the meads ...
Page 28
... rich nor poor ; And having just enough , not covet more . DRYDEN . All was common , and the fruitful earth Was free to give her unexacted birth . DRYDEN . Their morning milk the peasants press at night ; Their evening milk before the ...
... rich nor poor ; And having just enough , not covet more . DRYDEN . All was common , and the fruitful earth Was free to give her unexacted birth . DRYDEN . Their morning milk the peasants press at night ; Their evening milk before the ...
Page 30
... rich pease did grow . Let the plowmen's prayer Be for moist solstices , and winters fair . MAY . MAY . His eyes he open'd , and beheld a field Part arable and tilth ; whereon were sheaves New reap'd ; the other part , sheep - walks and ...
... rich pease did grow . Let the plowmen's prayer Be for moist solstices , and winters fair . MAY . MAY . His eyes he open'd , and beheld a field Part arable and tilth ; whereon were sheaves New reap'd ; the other part , sheep - walks and ...
Page 32
... rich swain , Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain . SWIFT . In ancient times , the sacred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind ; And some , with whom compared your insect tribes Are but the beings of a ...
... rich swain , Which from the thatch drips fast a shower of rain . SWIFT . In ancient times , the sacred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind ; And some , with whom compared your insect tribes Are but the beings of a ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief hair happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature nature's ne'er never night Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thought trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth