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

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

Winter


When great leaves fall then winter is at hand. Shakespeare.—King Richard III., Act II. Scene 3. (Third Citizen.)	1
No vernal blooms their torpid rocks array, But winter lingering chills the lap of May. Goldsmith.—The Traveller, Line 171.	2
Then winter’s time-bleach’d locks did hoary show, By hospitality with cloudless brow. Burns.—Brig of Ayr.	3
See, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train, Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Thomson.—Winter, Line 1.	4
Behold, fond man! See here thy pictured life; pass some few years, Thy flowering spring, thy summer’s ardent strength, Thy sober autumn, fading into age, And pale concluding winter comes at last, And shuts the scene. Thomson.—Line 1028.	5
And bids old Winter lay her honours down. Dr. Young.—The Last Day, Book II. Line 336.	6
Will spring return, And birds and lambs again be gay, And blossoms clothe the hawthorn spray? Yes, prattlers, yes. Scott.—Introduction to Marmion.	7