John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Samuel Rogers. (1763–1855) (continued) |
| 4823 |
| That very law which moulds a tear And bids it trickle from its source,— That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course. |
| On a Tear. |
| 4824 |
| Go! you may call it madness, folly; You shall not chase my gloom away! There ’s such a charm in melancholy I would not if I could be gay. |
| To ———. |
| 4825 |
| To vanish in the chinks that Time has made. 1 |
| Pæstum. |
| 4826 |
| Ward has no heart, they say, but I deny it: He has a heart, and gets his speeches by it. |
| Epigram. |
| John Ferriar. (1764–1815) |
| 4827 |
| The princeps copy, clad in blue and gold. |
| Illustrations of Sterne. Bibliomania. Line 6. |
| 4828 |
| Now cheaply bought for thrice their weight in gold. |
| Illustrations of Sterne. Bibliomania. Line 65. |
| 4829 |
| Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed Of knightly counsel and heroic deed). |
| Illustrations of Sterne. Bibliomania. Line 121. |
| 4830 |
| How pure the joy, when first my hands unfold The small, rare volume, black with tarnished gold! |
| Illustrations of Sterne. Bibliomania. Line 137. |
| Ann (Ward) Radcliffe. (1764–1823) |
| 4831 |
| Fate sits on these dark battlements and frowns, And as the portal opens to receive me, A voice in hollow murmurs through the courts Tells of a nameless deed. 2 |
| Note 1. See Waller, Quotation 14. [back] |
| Note 2. These lines form the motto to Mrs. Radcliffe’s novel, “The Mysteries of Udolpho,” and are presumably of her own composition. [back] |