John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| James Thomson. (1700–1748) (continued) |
| 3916 |
| Health is the vital principle of bliss, And exercise, of health. |
| The Castle of Indolence. Canto ii. Stanza 55. |
| 3917 |
| Forever, Fortune, wilt thou prove An unrelenting foe to love; And when we meet a mutual heart, Come in between and bid us part? |
| Song. |
| 3918 |
| Whoe’er amidst the sons Of reason, valour, liberty, and virtue Displays distinguish’d merit, is a noble Of Nature’s own creating. |
| Coriolanus. Act iii. Sc. 3. |
| 3919 |
| O Sophonisba! Sophonisba, O! 1 |
| Sophonisba. Act iii. Sc. 2. |
| 3920 |
| When Britain first, at Heaven’s command, Arose from out the azure main, This was the charter of her land, And guardian angels sung the strain: Rule, Britannia! Britannia rules the waves! Britons never shall be slaves. |
| Alfred. Act ii. Sc. 5. |
| John Dyer. (1700?–1758) |
| 3921 |
| A little rule, a little sway, A sunbeam in a winter’s day, Is all the proud and mighty have Between the cradle and the grave. |
| Grongar Hill. Line 88. |
| 3922 |
| Ever charming, ever new, When will the landscape tire the view? |
| Grongar Hill. Line 102. |
| 3923 |
| Disparting towers Trembling all precipitate down dash’d, Rattling around, loud thundering to the moon. |
| The Ruins of Rome. Line 40. |
| Note 1. The line was altered after the second edition to “O Sophonisba! I am wholly thine.” [back] |