John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Arthur Hugh Clough 1819-1861 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| How pleasant it is to have money! |
| Spectator ab Extra. |
| 2 |
| Say not the struggle naught availeth, The labor and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not nor faileth, And as things have been they remain. |
| Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. |
| 3 |
| For while the tired waves, vainly breaking, Seem here no painful inch to gain, Far back, through creeks and inlets making, Comes silent flooding in, the main. |
| Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. |
| 4 |
| Grace is given of God but knowledge is bought in the market. |
| Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. |
| 5 |
| There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions; Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations. |
| Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. |
| 6 |
| A world where nothing is had for nothing. |
| Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. |
| 7 |
| As ships becalmed at eve, that lay With canvas drooping, side by side, Two towers of sail, at dawn of day Are scarce, long leagues apart, descried. 1 |
| As ships becalmed. |
| Note 1. Longfellow: Ships that Pass in the Night, page 644. [back] |