John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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William Shenstone. (17141763) (continued)
4139 So sweetly she bade me adieu, I thought that she bade me return.
A Pastoral. Part i.
4140 I have found out a gift for my fair; I have found where the wood-pigeons breed.
A Pastoral. Part i.
4141 My banks they are furnishd with bees, Whose murmur invites one to sleep.
A Pastoral. Part ii. Hope.
4142 For seldom shall she hear a tale So sad, so tender, and so true.
Jemmy Dawson.
4143 Her cap, far whiter than the driven snow, Emblems right meet of decency does yield.
The Schoolmistress. Stanza 6.
4144 Pun-provoking thyme.
The Schoolmistress. Stanza 11.
4145 A little bench of heedless bishops here, And there a chancellor in embryo.
The Schoolmistress. Stanza 28.
John Brown. (17151766)
4146 Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction, That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour Serves but to brighten all our future days.
Barbarossa. Act v. Sc. 3.
4147 And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.
An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope. 1
James Townley. (17151778)
4148 Kitty. Shikspur? Shikspur? Who wrote it? No, I never read Shikspur.Lady Bab. Then you have an immense pleasure to come.
High Life below Stairs. Act ii. Sc. 1.
4149 From humble Port to imperial Tokay.
High Life below Stairs. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Note 1. Anderson: British Poets, vol. x. p. 879. See note in Contemporary Review, September, 1867, p. 4. [back ]