| C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917. | | | | Boyhood |
| | | Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy! Byron. | 1 |
| | Ye tiny elves, that guiltless sport, |
| Like linnets in the bush, |
| Ye little know the ill ye court, |
| When manhood is your wish! |
| The losses, the crosses, |
| That active men engage; |
| The fears all, the tears all, |
| Of dim declining age. |
Burns. | 2 | | |
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