John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Richard Hovey. (1864–1900) (continued) |
| 8173 |
| For ’t is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear. |
| Spring. |
| 8174 |
| The East and the West in the spring of the world shall blend 1 As a man and a woman that plight Their troth in the warm spring night. |
| Spring. |
| 8175 |
| How loving is the Lord God and how strong withal! |
| Benzaquen. |
| 8176 |
| Shall the iron argue with the smith what it would be? Or, shall the wrought iron reason with the monger To whom it would be sold? |
| Benzaquen. |
| 8177 |
| Love seeks a guerdon; friendship is as God, Who gives and asks no payment. |
| The Marriage of Guenevere. Act i. Sc. 1. |
| 8178 |
| Fair weather weddings make fair weather lives. |
| The Marriage of Guenevere. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 8179 |
| There is no sorrow like a love denied Nor any joy like love that has its will. |
| The Marriage of Guenevere. Act i. Sc. 3. |
| 8180 |
| There are worser ills to face Than foemen in the fray; And many a man has fought because— He feared to run away. |
| The Marriage of Guenevere. Act. iv. Sc. 3. |
| 8181 |
| I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass; I will up and get me away where the hawk is wheeling Lone and high, And the slow clouds go by. I will get me away to the waters that glass The clouds as they pass. I will get me away to the woods. |
| I have Need of the Sky. |
| Note 1. Rudyard Kipling: Oh, East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet. [back] |