John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| James Thomson. (1700–1748) (continued) |
| 3905 |
| These as they change, Almighty Father! these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. |
| Hymn. Line 1. |
| 3906 |
| Shade, unperceiv’d, so softening into shade. |
| Hymn. Line 25. |
| 3907 |
| From seeming evil still educing good. |
| Hymn. Line 114. |
| 3908 |
| Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise. |
| Hymn. Line 118. |
| 3909 |
| A pleasing land of drowsyhed it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky: There eke the soft delights that witchingly Instil a wanton sweetness through the breast, And the calm pleasures always hover’d nigh; But whate’er smack’d of noyance or unrest Was far, far off expell’d from this delicious nest. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 6. |
| 3910 |
| O fair undress, best dress! it checks no vein, But every flowing limb in pleasure drowns, And heightens ease with grace. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 26. |
| 3911 |
| Plac’d far amid the melancholy main. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 30. |
| 3912 |
| Scoundrel maxim. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 30. |
| 3913 |
| A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard beseems. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 68. |
| 3914 |
| A little round, fat, oily man of God. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto i. Stanza 69. |
| 3915 |
| I care not, Fortune, what you me deny: You cannot rob me of free Nature’s grace, You cannot shut the windows of the sky Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve: Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave: Of fancy, reason, virtue, naught can me bereave. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto ii. Stanza 3. |