Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. 1826-1887. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

Dinah Maria Mulock Craik. (1826–1887)

    Two hands upon the breast,
  And labour’s done; 1
Two pale feet crossed in rest,
  The race is won.

Now and Afterwards.

Immortality alone could teach this mortal how to die.

Looking Death in the Face.

Never was owl more blind than a lover.

Magnus and Morna.

Silence sweeter is than speech.

Magnus and Morna.

Note 1.
Two hands upon the breast, and labour is past.—Russian Proverb. [back]