Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations

It has been the aim of the compiler of this little book to present a Dictionary of Poetical Quotations which will be a ready reference to many of the most familiar stanzas and l...

I pity bashful men, who feel the pain Of fancied scorn, and undeserv'd disdain, And bear the marks upon a blushing face, Of needless shame, and self-impos'd disgrace. 146 COWPER...

I thought of Chatterton, the marvellous boy, The sleepless soul that perish'd in his pride. Of him who walk'd in glory and in joy, Following his plough along the mountain side....

Shall I ask the brave soldier who fights by my side In the cause of mankind, if our creeds agree? Shall I give up the friend I have valued and tried, If he kneel not before the...

Some fiery fop, with new commission vain, Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man; Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast, Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest. 5...

God of our fathers, known of old-- Lord of our far-flung battle line-- Beneath whose awful hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine-- Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we...

Hell is a city much like London-- A populous and a smoky city; There are all sorts of people undone, And there is little or no fun done; Small justice shown, and still less pity...

Now hear the lark, The herald of the morn; ... whose notes do beat The vaulty heavens, so high above our heads, ... Some say the lark makes sweet division. 1056 SHAKS.: _Rom. an...

Now glow'd the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus, that led The starry host, rode brightest, till the Moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length, Apparent queen, unveil'd...

Far in the East like low-hung clouds The waving woodlands lie; Far in the West the glowing plain Melts warmly in the sky. No accent wounds the reverent air,-- No footprint dints...

I'll example you with thievery: The sun's a thief, and with his great attraction Robs the vast sea; the moon's an arrant thief, And her pale fire she snatches from the sun; The...

What needs my Shakespeare for his honor'd bones,-- The labor of an age in piled stones? Or that his hallow'd relics should be hid Under a star-y-pointing pyramid? Dear son of me...

Study is like the heaven's glorious sun, That will not be deep-search'd with saucy looks; Small have continual plodders ever won, Save base authority from others' books. 1809 SH...

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master, and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? 1957 ROBERT BROWNING: _The Ring and the Book,_ Line 1185.

I sigh not over vanished years, But watch the years that hasten by. Look, how they come,--a mingled crowd Of bright and dark, but rapid days. 2128 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: _Lapse...

Shakespeare, William. b. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., 1564; d. Stratford-on-Avon, Eng., 1616. --3, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14, 17, 21, 25, 26, 27, 29, 33, 37, 38, 41, 46, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55,...

Death, a necessary end, 488. a strange, delicious amazement, 498. all seasons for thine own, 496. came with friendly care, 979. close folio wing, 492. cometh soon or late, 495....

Love and tears for the Blue, 1878. hail, wedded, 1160. has an eye for a dinner, 1135. him, why did she, 1131. how could I tell I should, 1121. in a hut is ashes, 1130. includes...

Sleep hath its own world, 1731. he giveth his beloved, 1733. life is rounded with a, 1727. O magic, 1730. silent as night, 1734. that knits up the ravelled sleave of care, 1728....