John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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William Wordsworth. (17701850) (continued)
4960 The sweetest thing that ever grew Beside a human door.
Lucy Gray . Stanza 2.
4961 A youth to whom was given So much of earth, so much of heaven.
Ruth .
4962 Until a man might travel twelve stout miles, Or reap an acre of his neighbors corn.
The Brothers .
4963 Something between a hindrance and a help.
Michael .
4964 Drink, pretty creature, drink!
The Pet Lamb .
4965 Lady of the Mere, Sole-sitting by the shores of old romance.
A narrow Girdle of rough Stones and Crags .
4966 And he is oft the wisest man Who is not wise at all.
The Oak and the Broom .
4967 A jolly place, said he, in times of old! But something ails it now: the spot is cursed.
Hart-leap Well . Part ii.
4968 Hunt half a day for a forgotten dream.
Hart-leap Well . Part ii.
4969 Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Hart-leap Well . Part ii.
4970 Plain living and high thinking are no more. The homely beauty of the good old cause Is gone; our peace, our fearful innocence, And pure religion breathing household laws.
O, Friend! I know not which way I must look.
4971 Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour: England hath need of thee! . . . . . . Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: So didst thou travel on lifes common way In cheerful godliness.
London, 1802 .
4972 We must be free or die who speak the tongue That Shakespeare spake, the faith and morals hold Which Milton held.
It is not to be thought of .
4973 A noticeable man, with large gray eyes.
Stanzas written in Thomsons Castle of Indolence .