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

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Henry Howarth Bashford. (1880– ?)

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    As I came down the Highgate Hill,
  The Highgate Hill, the Highgate Hill,
As I came down the Highgate Hill 1
  I met the sun’s bravado,
And saw below me, fold on fold,
Grey to pearl and pearl to gold,
This London like a land of old,
The land of Eldorado.

Romance.

George William (“A. E.”) Russell. (1867–1935)

8237

Our hearts were drunk with a beauty
Our eyes could never see.

The unknown God.

8238

Ah, to think how thin the veil that lies
Between the pain of hell and paradise!

Janus.

8239

Oh, I am so old, meseems
I am next of kin to Time.

The Grey Eros.

8240

    She sat with hands as if to bless,
  And looked with grave ethereal eyes;
Ensouled by ancient Quietness,
  A gentle priestess of the Wise.

Forgiveness.

8241

Twilight, a timid fawn, went glimmering by,
And Night, the dark-blue hunter, followed fast.

Refuge.

8242

We are in the calm and proud possession of eternal things.

Babylon.

Note 1.
Alfred Noyes: Go down to Kew in Lilac-time. [back]

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