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Long on the wave reflected lustres play.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Twilight’s soft dews steal o’er the village green, with magic tints to harmonize the scene.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
A man who attempts to read all the new productions must do as the flea does,—skip.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Example is a motive of very prevailing force on the actions of men.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Looks that asked, yet dared not hope relief.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Through the wide world he only is alone who lives not for another.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
What remains when hope is fled? She answered, “Endless weeping.”
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Day glimmered in the east, and the white moon hung like a vapor in the cloudless sky.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Her tea she sweetens, as she sips, with scandal.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
That mute eloquence which passeth speech.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
The holy calm that leads to heavenly musing.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
When a new book comes out, I read an old one.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Man to the last is but a froward child;
So eager for the future, come what may,
And to the present so insensible.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
For who, alas! has lived,
Nor in the watches of the night recalled
Words he has wished unsaid and deeds undone.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Feeling hearts—touch them but lightly—pour
A thousand melodies unheard before.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Sweet drop of pure and pearly light;
In thee the rays of Virtue shine;
More calmly clear, more mildly bright,
Than any gem that gilds the mine.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Wouldst thou behold his monument? Look around!
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)
Generous as brave,
Affection, kindness, and the sweet offices
Of love and duty, were to him as needful
As his daily bread.
Attributed Forty Thousand Quotations (1917)