Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations
Chapter 15
Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well. 2122 SHEFFIELD, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE: _Essay on Poetry._
=Wrong.=
Behold on wrong Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong! 2123 POPE: _Odyssey,_ Bk. viii., Line 367.
Wrongs unredressed, or insults unavenged. 2124 WORDSWORTH: _Excursion,_ Bk. iii.
==X.==
=Xerxes.=
Xerxes did die, And so must I. 2125 _From the New England Primer._
==Y.==
=Years.=
Jumping o'er times, Turning the accomplishment of many years Into an hourglass. 2126 SHAKS.: _Henry V.,_ Act i., Chorus.
Years following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away. 2127 POPE: Satire vi., Line 72.
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 of Time._
None would live past years again, Yet all hope pleasure in what yet remain. 2129 DRYDEN: _Aurengzebe,_ Act iv., Sc. 1.
=Yesterday.=
Oh, call back yesterday, bid time return! 2130 SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.
=Yew-Tree.=
Old yew, which graspest at the stones That name the underlying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones. 2131 TENNYSON: _In Memoriam,_ Pt. ii., St. 1.
=Youth.=
For youth no less becomes The light and careless livery that it wears, Than settled age his sables, and his weeds, Importing health and graveness. 2132 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act iv., Sc. 7.
Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. 2133 SHAKS.: _Two Gent. of V.,_ Act i., Sc. 1.
Youth! youth! how buoyant are thy hopes! they turn, Like marigolds, toward the sunny side. 2134 JEAN INGELOW: _Four Bridges,_ St. 56.
How beautiful is youth! how bright it gleams With its illusions, aspirations, dreams! 2135 LONGFELLOW: _Morituri Salutamus._
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes, Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm. 2136 GRAY: _Bard,_ Pt. ii., St. 2, Line 9.
==Z.==
=Zeal.=
Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies. 2137 SHAKS.: _Henry VIII.,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.
His zeal None seconded, as out of season judg'd, Or singular and rash. 2138 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. v., Line 849.
INDEX TO AUTHORS.
The references which follow the Chronological Data are the _numbers_ of the Quotations in consecutive order from the respective Authors under which they are placed.
Addison, Joseph. b. Milston, Wiltshire, Eng., 1672; d. London, Eng., 1719. --50, 393, 556, 629, 700, 713, 749, 766, 925, 969, 1078, 1583, 1814, 2091.
Akenside, Mark. b. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1721; d. London, Eng., 1770. --1865, 1938.
Aldrich, James. b. New York, 1810; d 1856. --1481.
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey. b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1836; d. 1907. --238, 407, 771, 2009.
Allen, Elizabeth Akers. b. Strong, Me., 1832; .... --313.
Armstrong, John. b. Liddesdale, Eng, 1709; d. London, Eng., 1779. --1864.
Arnold, Sir Edwin. b. London, 1832; d. 1904. --498.
Arnold, Matthew. b. Laleham, Middlesex, Eng., 1822; d. Eng, 1888. --1537, 2103.
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune. b. Fifeshire, 1813; d. 1865. --1735.
Bailey, Philip James. b. Nottingham, Eng, 1816; d. 1902. --43, 79, 322, 531, 614, 746, 967, 1349, 1770, 1833.
Baillie, Joanna. b. Lanarkshire, Scot, 1762; d. Hampstead, Eng., 1851. --198.
Barbauld, Anna Lætitia. b. Leicestershire, Eng., 1743; d. 1825. --782, 1717, 2032.
Barrington, George. b. Maynooth, Ireland, 1755; d. New South Wales at a great age. --413.
Barry, Michael J. _Circa_ 1815. --1340.
Baxter, Richard. b. Rowdon, Shropshire, Eng., 1615; d. 1691. --1375.
Bayly, Thomas Haynes. b. near Bath, Eng., 1797; d. 1839. --218, 1335.
Beattie, James. b. Laurencekirk Scot., 1735; d. Aberdeen, Scot., 1803. --60, 485, 670, 837.
Beaumont and Fletcher. Beaumont, Francis. b. Leicestershire, Eng., 1586; d. 1615. Fletcher, John. b. Rye, Eng., 1576; d. London, Eng., 1625. --19, 22, 204, 408, 559, 598, 1154, 1231, 1568, 1861, 1917, 2042.
Benserade, Isaac de. b. in Upper Normandy, 1612; d. 1691. --164.
Blair, Robert. b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1699; d. Athelstaneford, Scot., 1747. --85, 819, 836, 1651.
Booth, Barton. b. Lancashire, Eng, 1681; d. 1733. --1354.
Boyesen, Hjalmar Hjorth. b. Fredericksvern, Norway, 1848; d. 1895. --1028, 1162.
Bramston, James. b. England; d. 1744. --875.
Brown, John. b. England, 1715; d. 1766. --49, 431.
Brown, Tom. b. Shropshire, Eng., 1663; d. 1704. --562.
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett. b. London, Eng., 1809; d. Florence, Italy, 1861. --160, 196, 650, 778, 848, 887, 1006, 1039, 1073, 1296, 1373, 1659, 1709, 1733, 1968, 2104.
Browning, Robert. b. Camberwell, Eng., 1812; d. 1889. --65, 129, 251, 474, 519, 681, 747, 865, 993, 994, 996, 1086, 1123, 1188, 1222, 1228, 1312, 1344, 1351, 1450, 1667, 1710, 1822, 1825, 1901, 1950, 1957, 1967.
Bryant, William Cullen. b. Cummington, Mass., 1794; d. New York, 1878. --234, 240, 317, 627, 697, 725, 758, 851, 906, 1155, 1246, 1277, 1321, 1445, 1604, 1663, 1793, 1819, 1951, 1962, 2055, 2063, 2128.
Bulwer, Edward George Earle Lytton [Baron Lytton]. b. London, Eng., 1803; d. Torquay, France, 1873. --1323.
Bunn, Alfred. b. England; d. 1860. --888.
Bunyan, John. b. Elstow, Eng., 1628; d. London, Eng., 1688. --664, 1383.
Burns, Robert. b. Ayr, Scot., 1759; d. Dumfries, Scot., 1796. --20, 208, 222, 242, 552, 588, 592, 604, 694, 773, 783, 954, 964, 986, 1080, 1095, 1106, 1109, 1129, 1147, 1193, 1345, 1435, 1588, 1599, 1600, 1642, 1704, 2047, 2080.
Butler, Samuel. b. Worcestershire, Eng., 1612; d. London, Eng., 1680. --39, 153, 236, 303, 305, 405, 423, 549, 566, 574, 615, 799, 972, 992, 1014, 1110, 1209, 1271, 1284, 1334, 1347, 1394, 1405, 1449, 1496, 1504, 1510, 1557, 1585, 1682, 1705, 1811, 1852, 1858, 1886, 1932, 2019.
Byron, George Gordon, Lord. b. London, Eng., 1788; d. Missolonghi, Greece, 1824. --31, 59, 62, 116, 133, 148, 169, 176, 209, 315, 351, 352, 354, 368, 388, 419, 451, 460, 469, 470, 486, 506, 511, 534, 537, 553, 582, 594, 612, 619, 651, 677, 734, 748, 751, 787, 813, 841, 842, 843, 850, 878, 879, 898, 908, 910, 995, 1059, 1075, 1087, 1115, 1131, 1133, 1166, 1221, 1229, 1232, 1251, 1275, 1303, 1337, 1391, 1407, 1419, 1442, 1498, 1506, 1522, 1529, 1538, 1556, 1563, 1573, 1575, 1580, 1596, 1601, 1620, 1621, 1625, 1668, 1672, 1679, 1686, 1688, 1716, 1718, 1731, 1751, 1792, 1794, 1818, 1847, 1851, 1862, 1884, 1897, 1910, 1920, 1935, 1979, 1993, 1994, 2018, 2025, 2029, 2031, 2059, 2089, 2094, 2110.
Campbell, Thomas. b. Glasgow, Scot., 1777; d. Boulogne, France, 1844. --142, 149, 359, 570, 715, 723, 933, 1243, 1390, 1541, 1584, 1593, 1694, 1703, 1741, 1877.
Canning, George. b. London, Eng., 1770; d. Cheswick, Eng., 1827. --729.
Carey, Henry. b. 1663; d. Coldbath-Fields, Eng., 1743. --349.
Carlyle, Thomas. b. Ecclefechan, Scot., 1795; d. Chelsea, near London, Eng., 1881. --1090, 1150.
Cary, Alice. b. near Cincinnati, O., 1820; d. New York City, 1871. --536, 1262.
Cary, Phoebe. b. near Cincinnati, O., 1824; d. New York City, 1871. --646.
Chapman, George. b. Hitchin, Eng, 1557; d. London, Eng., 1634. --658.
Chatterton, Thomas. b. Bristol, Eng, 1752; d. London, Eng., 1770. --1136.
Chaucer, Geoffrey. b. London, Eng., 1328; d. 1400. --40, 104, 1647, 1853, 1960, 2072.
Chorley, Henry Fothergill. b. 1808; d. 1872. --1268.
Churchill, Charles. b. Westminster, Eng., 1731; d. Boulogne, France, 1764. --98, 100, 135, 530, 698, 703, 874, 978, 1713, 1749.
Clemmer, Mary. b. Utica, N.Y., 1839; d. 1884. --676.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. b. Devonshire, Eng., 1772; d. London, Eng., 1834. --71, 143, 282, 395, 465, 484, 599, 708, 728, 979, 1138, 1227, 1336, 1372, 1379, 1431, 1473, 1507, 1561, 1673.
Collins, William. b. Chichester, Eng., 1720; d. Chichester, Eng., 1756. --227, 928, 1035, 1239.
Colman, George [the younger]. b. 1762; d. London, Eng., 1836. --971.
Congreve, William. b. Bardsey, Eng., 1670; d. London, Eng., 1729. --185, 775, 1237, 1867, 1926.
Cook, Eliza. b. London, Eng., 1817; d. 1889. --1747.
"Cornwall, Barry." _See_ PROCTER, BRYAN WALLER.
Cowley, Abraham. b. London, Eng., 1618, d. Chertsey, Eng., 1667. --479, 786.
Cowper, William. b. Great Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, Eng., 1731; d. 1800. --30, 102, 146, 175, 365, 403, 412, 586, 591, 656, 739, 762, 868, 889, 914, 960, 1036, 1079, 1201, 1393, 1401, 1404, 1437, 1466, 1475, 1571, 1637, 1723, 1752, 1759, 1799, 1916, 1931, 1937, 1965, 1988, 1990, 2004, 2024, 2049.
Crabbe, George. b. Aldborough, Eng., 1754; d. Trowbridge, Eng., 1832. --44, 205, 330, 379, 428, 1382, 1412, 1515, 1576, 1617, 1702, 1880, 2075.
Cranch, Christopher Pearse. b. Alexandria, Va., 1813; d. 1892. --1903.
Crashaw, Richard. b. London, Eng., about 1616; d. Italy, about 1650. --541, 814.
Croly, George. b. Dublin, Ireland, 1780; d. 1860. --1261.
Dana, Richard Henry. b. Cambridge, Mass., 1787; d. Boston, Mass., 1878. --1773.
Dante, Alighieri. b. Florence, Italy, 1265; d. Ravenna, 1321. --936.
Darwin, Erasmus. b. Newark, Eng., 1731; d. Derby, Eng., 1802. --1168.
Defoe, Daniel. b. London, Eng., 1661; d. London, Eng., 1731. --384, 1300.
De L'Isle, Joseph Rouget. b. Lons-le Saunice, France, 1760; d. 1836. --807.
Dickens, Charles. b. Landport, near Portsmouth, Eng., 1812; d. Gadshill, near Rochester, Eng., 1870. --997.
Donne, John, D.D. b. London, Eng., 1573; d. London, Eng., 1631. --1821.
Dorr, Julia Caroline Ripley. b. Charleston, S.C., 1825; .... --1493, 1830.
Drake, Joseph Rodman. b. New York City, 1795; d. New York City, 1820. --714, 761.
Dryden, John. b. Aldwinkle, Eng., 1631; d. London, Eng., 1701. --158, 226, 252, 337, 344, 504, 680, 776, 790, 858, 860, 871, 884, 1179, 1234, 1299, 1346, 1358, 1362, 1365, 1425, 1460, 1549, 1577, 1610, 1764, 1772, 1836, 1909, 1921, 1948, 1964, 1984, 2043, 2074, 2129.
Dwight, Timothy. b. Northampton, Mass., 1752; d. New Haven, Conn., 1817. --357.
Dyer, Sir Edward, b. Sharpham, near Glastonbury, _circa_ 1540; d. 1607. --331, 1190.
Dyer, John. b. 1700; d. 1758. --1053.
Eliot, George [Marian Evans Cross], b. Warwickshire, Eng., 1820; d. London, Eng., 1880. --862, 1091, 1256, 1276, 1350, 1478, 1534, 1779, 1832, 1944, 1992, 2092, 2101.
Elliott, Ebenezer. b. Masborough, Eng., 1781; d. near Barnsley, Eng., 1849. --1046.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo. b. Boston, Mass., 1803; d. Concord, Mass., 1882. --105, 161, 191, 239, 247, 249, 448, 605, 759, 765, 791, 817, 944, 1428, 1648, 1678, 1748.
Everett, Edward. b. Dorchester, Mass., 1794; d. 1865. --912.
Faber, Frederick William. b. Durham, Eng., 1814; d. Brompton, Eng., 1863. --1516.
Falconer, William. b. Edinburgh, Scot., 1732; shipwrecked near Cape Good Hope, 1769. --1059, 1675.
Fenner, Cornelius G. b. 1822; d. 1847. --1609.
Fielding, Henry. b. Sharpham Park, Eng., 1707; d. Lisbon, Spain, 1754. --1330.
Fields, James Thomas. b. Portsmouth, N.H., 1817; d. 1881. --420.
Finch, Francis M. b. Ithaca, N.Y., 1827; .... --1878.
Fletcher, John. b. Northhamptonshire, Eng., 1576; d. 1625. --1304, 1655.
Ford, John. b. Islington, Eng., 1586; d. _circa_ 1639. --1159.
Franklin, Benjamin. ["Richard Saunders"]. b. Boston, Mass., 1706; d. Philadelphia, Penn., 1790. --281.
Garland, Hamlin. b. West Salem, Wis., 1860; .... --346, 1230, 1761, 2081.
Garrick, David. b. Lichfield, Eng, 1716; d. London, Eng., 1779. --406, 1724.
Garth, Sir Samuel. b. Bolam, Eng., _circa_ 1670; d. London, Eng., 1718. --1395.
Gay, John. b. near Barnstaple Eng., 1688; d. London, Eng., 1732. --32, 124, 620, 642, 730, 781, 883, 952, 1416, 1434, 1452, 1562, 1608, 1677.
Gifford, Richard. b. 1725; d. North Okendon, Eng., 1807. --1997.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. b. Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, 1749; d. Weimar, Germany, 1832. --192.
Goldsmith, Oliver. b. Pallis, Ireland, 1728; d. London, Eng., 1774. --35, 58, 107, 189, 340, 341, 342, 345, 364, 466, 517, 639, 695, 707, 710, 733, 788, 849, 901, 1063, 1107, 1114, 1137, 1297, 1339, 1487, 1495, 1589, 1591, 1742, 1750, 1756, 1934, 1939, 2003, 2064.
Gould, Hannah Flagg. b. Lancaster, Vt., 1789; d. Newburyport, Mass, 1865. --1553.
Gray, Thomas. b. London, Eng., 1716; d. Cambridge, Eng., 1771. --103, 193, 216, 378, 382, 385, 443, 450, 613, 624, 704, 716, 720, 789, 832, 833, 863, 963, 1041, 1141, 1174, 1687, 1892, 1924, 2056, 2136.
Green, Matthew. b. London (?), Eng., 1696; d. 1737. --369.
Greene, Robert. b. Norwich (?), _circa_ 1560; d. near Dowgate, Eng., 1592. --1105.
Halleck, Fitz-Greene. b. Guilford, Conn., 1770; d. Guilford, Conn., 1867. --493, 904, 1313, 1973.
Halpine, Charles Grahame ["Miles O'Reilly"], b. Oldcastle, Meath, Ireland, 1829; d. New York City, 1868. --756.
Harrington, Sir John. b. near Bath, Eng, _circa_ 1561; d. 1612. --1947.
Harte, Francis Bret. b. Albany, N.Y., 1839; d. London, Eng., 1902. --433, 1306, 1739.
Havergal, Frances Ridley. b. Worcestershire, Eng., 1836; d. Swansea, Eng., 1879. --326.
Hay, John. b. Salem, Ind., 1838; d. 1905. --1367.
Hayne, Paul Hamilton. b. Charleston, S.C., 1831: d. 1886. --2095.
Heber, Reginald. b. Cheshire, Eng., 1783; d. Trichinopoly, India, 1826. --501, 934, 1295.
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea. b. Liverpool, Eng, 1793; d. Dublin, Ireland, 1835. --496, 717, 907, 1683, 1776.
Herbert, George. b. in Montgomery Castle, Wales, 1593; d. Bemerton, Wales, 1632. --24, 199, 250, 602, 687, 784, 1083, 1145, 1348, 1467, 1842, 1849, 1963, 2073.
Herrick, Robert. b. London, Eng., 1591; d. Dean Prior, Eng., 1674. --11, 42, 280, 461, 699, 1697, 1791, 1872, 1914, 1978, 1985.
Heywood, Thomas. b. Lincolnshire, Eng., 1570; d. 1649. --28, 920.
Hogg, James. b. Ettrick Forest, Scot., 1772; d. 1835. --801.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell. b. Cambridge, Mass., 1809; d. 1894. --233, 618, 649, 929, 1241, 1307, 1314, 1440, 1547, 1550, 1800.
Home, John. b. Ancrum, Scot., 1724; d. 1808. --265.
Hood, Thomas. b. London, Eng., 1798-9; d. London, Eng., 1845. --131, 229, 298, 463, 533, 583, 867, 1208, 1282, 1414, 1438, 1472, 1652, 1695, 1788, 1904.
Hopkinson, Joseph. b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1770; d. 1842. --976.
Howe, Julia Ward. b. New York, 1819; .... --320.
Hunt, Helen [Mrs. Jackson]. b. Amherst, Mass., 1831; d. San Francisco, Cal., 1885. --130, 1156, 1167.
Hunt, James Henry Leigh. b. Southgate, near London, Eng., 1784; d. 1859. --1613.
Hutchinson, Ellen Mackay. --1640.
Ingelow, Jean. b. Ipswich Eng., 1830; d. 1897. --9, 180, 669, 1121, 1760, 2134.
Jefferys, Charles. b. 1807; d. 1865. --231, 245.
Johnson, Dr. Samuel. b. Lichfield, Eng., 1709; d. London, Eng., 1784. --132, 580, 590, 768, 815, 857, 945, 965, 989, 1003, 1111, 1940, 2037.
Jones, Sir William. b. London, Eng., 1746; d. India, 1794. --1064, 1322.
Jonson, Ben. b. London, Eng., 1573-4; d. London, Eng., 1637. --267, 548, 828, 1016, 1102, 1210, 1508, 1616, 1658, 1986.
Keats, John. b. London, Eng., 1795; d. Rome, Italy, 1821. --127, 159, 919, 1130, 1236, 1267, 1352, 1433, 1535, 1730, 1969.
Keble, John. b. Coln-St.-Aldwynds, Eng., _circa_ 1792; d. Bournemouth, Eng., 1866. --1298.
Kemble, Frances Anne. b. London, Eng., 1811; d. 1893. --248.
Kingsley, Charles. b. Devonshire, Eng., 1819; d. Eversley, Eng., 1875. --15, 277, 290, 348, 516, 785, 823, 1031, 1161, 1360, 1519, 2105.
Kipling, Rudyard. b. Bombay, India, 1865; .... --744, 2093.
Lamb, Charles. b. London, Eng., 1775; d. London, Eng., 1834. --311.
Landor, Walter Savage. b. Ipsley Court, Warwickshire, Eng., 1775; d. Florence, Italy, 1864. --263, 688.
Landsdowne, Lord [George Granville]. b. Bideford, Eng., 1667; d. London, Eng., 1735. --835.
Larcom, Lucy. b. Beverly Farms, Mass., 1826, d. 1893. --840.
Lee, Nathaniel. b. England, 1655; d. London, Eng., 1692. --844.
Linley, George. b. London, Eng., 1798; d. France, 1865. --7, 1178.
Lofft, Capel. b. London, Eng., 1751, d. France, 1824. --53.
Logan, John. b. Soutra, Scot., 1748, d. 1788. --366.
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth. b. Portland, Me., 1807, d. Cambridge, Mass., 1882. --110, 141, 150, 177, 307, 321, 499, 632, 654, 738, 742, 780, 796, 942, 948, 1017, 1045, 1055, 1074, 1089, 1261, 1302, 1311, 1316, 1427, 1551, 1603, 1633, 1734, 1806, 1831, 1887, 1889, 2026, 2053, 2112, 2135.
Lovelace, Richard. b. Woolwich, Eng., 1618; d. London, Eng., 1658. --144, 1384.
Lover, Samuel. b. Dublin, Ireland, 1797; d. 1868. --1483.
Lowe, John. b. 1750; d. 1798. --1217.
Lowell, James Russell. b. Cambridge, Mass., 1819; d. 1891. --304, 323, 335, 391, 503, 514, 611, 635, 810, 1012, 1054, 1226, 1420, 1923, 1970, 2088.
Lowell, Maria White. b. Watertown, Mass., 1821; d. 1853. --1981.
Lowth, Robert. b. Winchester, Eng., 1710; d. 1787. --1403.
Lyly, John. b. Kent Eng., _circa_ 1553; d. _circa_ 1600. --2060.
Macaulay, Thomas Babington. b. Rothley Temple, Eng., 1800; d. Kensington, London, Eng., 1859. --495.
Macdonald, George. b. Huntley, Scot., 1824; d. 1905. --2054.
Marlowe, Christopher. b. Canterbury, Eng., 1565; d. Deptford, Eng., 1593. --213, 1511, 1518, 1670.
Martial [Marcus Valerius Martialis]. b. Bilbilis, Spain, 43; d. Bilbilis, Spain, 104. --505.
Massinger, Philip. b. near Wilton, Eng., 1584; d. on the Bankside, 1639-40. --1411, 1817.
Mee, William. --675.
"Meredith, Owen" [Lord Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton], b. Herts, Eng, 1831; d. 1891. --225, 540, 645, 866, 981, 1000, 1127, 1245, 1491, 1900, 2102.
Mickle, William Julius. b. Dumfriesshire, Scot., 1734; d. 1788. --946.
Middleton, Thomas. d. 1626. --16, 134, 1502.
Miller, "Joaquin" Cincinnatus Hiner. b. Indiana, 1840; .... --371, 477, 647, 1030, 1185, 1828.
Milnes, Richard Monckton [Lord Houghton]. b. Yorkshire, Eng., 1809; d. 1885. --890, 2041.
Milton, John. b. London, Eng., 1608; d. London, Eng., 1674. --1, 4, 18, 68, 77, 78, 80, 90, 112, 117, 120, 157, 170, 186, 187, 207, 275, 284, 288, 300, 312, 336, 356, 360, 373, 381, 383, 387, 397, 416, 429, 441, 445, 456, 468, 492, 515, 518, 520, 526, 539, 551, 563, 576, 595, 597, 600, 607, 608, 610, 628, 631, 634, 652, 667, 696, 701, 711, 712, 735, 740, 770, 797, 802, 804, 809, 847, 877, 880, 892, 895, 896, 931, 935, 956, 982, 991, 1001, 1018, 1025, 1037, 1052, 1057, 1060, 1077, 1081, 1085, 1094, 1100, 1160, 1169, 1173, 1184, 1187, 1192, 1213, 1215, 1220, 1248, 1255, 1260, 1287, 1310, 1320, 1325, 1331, 1371, 1380, 1397, 1399, 1402, 1406, 1421, 1439, 1447, 1454, 1494, 1497, 1500, 1505, 1509, 1512, 1525, 1569, 1597, 1611, 1612, 1628, 1650, 1654, 1660, 1661, 1665, 1693, 1740, 1758, 1777, 1783, 1840, 1844, 1873, 1906, 1908, 1919, 1936, 1949, 1975, 1999, 2013, 2015, 2020, 2034, 2035, 2038, 2046, 2069, 2084, 2097, 2100, 2108, 2138.
Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley. b. London, Eng., _circa_ 1690; d. London, Eng., 1762. --585.
Montgomery, James. b. Irvine, Scot., 1771; d. Sheffield, Eng., 1854. --232, 1008, 1258, 1582.
Moore, Clement C. b. New York, 1779; d. 1863. --328.
Moore, Thomas. b. Dublin, Ireland, 1779, d. near Devizes, Eng., 1852. --171, 221, 314, 436, 481, 547, 554, 655, 805, 812, 872, 1113, 1646, 1743, 1757, 1824, 1834, 1941, 2109.
More, Hannah. b. Stapleton, Eng., 1745; d. Clifton, Eng., 1833. --660, 859, 1638, 1955.
Morris, Charles. b. 1739; d. 1832. --212.
Morris, George P. b. Philadelphia, Penn., 1802; d. New York City, 1864. --2096.
Nairne, Lady Caroline Oliphant. b. Gask, Perthshire, Scot., 1766; d. Gask, 1845. --1058.
Noel, Thomas. --202.
Norris, John. b. Wiltshire, Eng., 1657; d. 1711. --95.
O'Hara, Theodore. b. 1820; d. 1867. --181.
Otway, Thomas. b. Tottington, Eng., 1651; d. London, Eng., 1685. --2085.
Parnell, Thomas. b. Dublin, Ireland, 1679; d. Chester, Eng., 1717-18. --1125, 2057.
Payne, John Howard. b. New York City, 1792; d. Tunis, Africa, 1852. --916.
Peele, George. b. Devonshire, Eng., 1552-58; d. 1598. --1846.
Percival, James Gates. b. Berlin, Conn., 1795; d. Hazelgreen, Wis., 1856. --727, 1049.
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Preston, Margaret Junkin. b. Lexington, Va., 1635; d. 1897. --911, 1292, 1954.
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Rabelais, Francois. b. Chinon, France, 1488-95; d. Paris, France, 1553. --546.
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Read, Thomas Buchanan. b. Chester, Penn., 1822; d. New York City, 1872. --1796.
Rochester, Earl of [John Wilmot]. b. Ditchley, Eng., 1647; d. 1680. --736.
Rogers, Samuel. b. Stoke Newington. Eng., 1763; d. London, Eng., 1855. --1172, 1175, 1240, 1546.
Roscommon, Earl of [Wentworth Dillon]. b. Ireland, 1633; d. London, Eng., 1684. --512.
Rossetti, Christina Georgiana. b. London, Eng., 1830; d. 1894. --347, 726, 949, 1536, 1692.
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Rowe, Nicholas. b. Little Barford, Eng., 1673-74; d. London, Eng., 1718. --1199, 2077.
Ruskin, John. b. London, Eng., 1819; d. 1900. --121, 1265, 1278, 1671.
Salis, J.G. von. b. 1762; d. 1834. --194.
Sargent, Epes. b. Gloucester, Mass., 1812; d. 1881. --2033.
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Saxe, John Godfrey. b. Highgate, Vt., 1816; d. 1887. --210, 861.
Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von. b. Marbach, Ger., 1759; d. Weimar, Ger., 1805. --109, 497, 1007, 1273, 1477, 1629, 1712, 1915, 1927, 2083.
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