| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Winthrop Mackworth Praed. (18021839) |
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| 1 | And oh! I shall find how, day by day, All thoughts and things look older; How the laugh of pleasure grows less gay, And the heart of friendship colder. |
| Twenty-eight and Twenty-nine. |
| 2 | She was our queen, our rose, our star; And then she dancedO Heaven, her dancing! |
| The Belle of the Ball. |
| 3 | Some lie beneath the churchyard stone, And some before the speaker. |
| School and Schoolfellows. |
| 4 | I remember, I remember 1 How my childhood fleeted by, The mirth of its December And the warmth of its July. |
| I remember, I remember. |
| 5 | His partners at the whist-club said That he was faultless in his dealings. |
| Quince. |
| 6 | Dame Fortune is a fickle gipsy, And always blind, and often tipsy; Sometimes for years and years together, She ll bless you with the sunniest weather, Bestowing honour, pudding, pence, You cant imagine why or whence; Then in a momentPresto, pass! Your joys are withered like the grass; |
| The haunted Tree. |
| 7 | John Bull was beat at Waterloo! Theyll swear to that in France. |
| Waterloo. |
| 8 | Of science and logic he chatters, As fine and as fast as he can; Though I am no judge of such matters, Im sure hes a talented man. |
| The talented Man. |
| | Note 1. See Thomas Hood: under same title, page 592. [back] |
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