Grief. Grocott's Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?

Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Grief


To this sad shrine, whoe’er thou art! draw near, Here lies the friend most lov’d, the son most dear; Who ne’er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died. Pope.—Epitaph on Harcourt. Ramage.—Beautiful Thoughts from the French, 378.	1
Alas! alas! what grief is this for Greece. Homer.—The Iliad, Book I., Line 302. (Lord Derby.)	2
Every one can master a grief but he that has it. Shakespeare.—Much Ado About Nothing, Act III. Scene 2. (Benedick to Claudio.)	3
’Tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble lives in content, Than to be perk’d up in a glistening grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Shakespeare.—King Henry VIII., Act II. Scene 3. (Anne Bullen to an Old Lady.)	4
Some griefs are med’cinable. Shakespeare.—Cymbeline, Act III. Scene 2. (Imogen on receiving a Letter from her Husband.)	5
Where the greater malady is fix’d, The lesser is scarce felt. Shakespeare.—King Lear, Act III. Scene 4. (The King to Kent.)	6
When remedies are past, the griefs are ended. Shakespeare.—Othello, Act I. Scene 3. (The Duke to Brabantio.)	7
What’s gone, and what’s past help, Should be past grief. Shakespeare.—Winter’s Tale, Act III. Scene 2. (Paulina to a Lord.)	8
In the first days Of my distracting grief, I found myself— As women wish to be who love their lords. Home.—Douglas, Act I. Scene 1.	9