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

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Robert Herrick. (1591–1674) (continued)

2276

I saw a flie within a beade
Of amber cleanly buried. 1

The Amber Bead.

2277

Thus times do shift,—each thing his turn does hold;
New things succeed, as former things grow old.

Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve.

2278

Out-did the meat, out-did the frolick wine.

Ode for Ben Jonson.

2279

Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt;
Nothing ’s so hard but search will find it out. 2

Seek and Find.

2280

But ne’er the rose without the thorn. 3

The Rose.

Francis Quarles. (1592–1644)

2281

Death aims with fouler spite
At fairer marks. 4

Divine Poems (ed. 1669).

2282

    Sweet Phosphor, bring the day
Whose conquering ray
May chase these fogs;
  Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!

Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!
Light will repay
The wrongs of night;
  Sweet Phosphor, bring the day!

Emblems. Book i. Emblem 14.

2283

Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise.

Book ii. Emblem 2.

Note 1.
See Bacon, Quotation 40. [back]

Note 2.
Nil tam difficilest quin quærendo investigari possiet (Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking).—Terence: Heautontimoroumenos, iv. 2, 8. [back]

Note 3.
Flower of all hue, and without thorn the rose.—John Milton: Paradise Lost, book iv. line 256. [back]

Note 4.
Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.—Edward Young: Night Thoughts, night v. line 1011. [back]

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