John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| William Wordsworth. (1770–1850) (continued) |
| 4986 |
| The Eagle, he was lord above, And Rob was lord below. |
| Rob Roy’s Grave. |
| 4987 |
| A brotherhood of venerable trees. |
| Sonnet composed at ———— Castle. |
| 4988 |
| Let beeves and home-bred kine partake The sweets of Burn-mill meadow; The swan on still St. Mary’s Lake Float double, swan and shadow! |
| Yarrow Unvisited. |
| 4989 |
| Every gift of noble origin Is breathed upon by Hope’s perpetual breath. |
| These Times strike Monied Worldlings. |
| 4990 |
| A remnant of uneasy light. |
| The Matron of Jedborough. |
| 4991 |
| Oh for a single hour of that Dundee Who on that day the word of onset gave! 1 |
| Sonnet, in the Pass of Killicranky. |
| 4992 |
| O Cuckoo! shall I call thee bird, Or but a wandering voice? |
| To the Cuckoo. |
| 4993 |
| She was a phantom of delight When first she gleamed upon my sight, A lovely apparition, sent To be a moment’s ornament; Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, Like twilights too her dusky hair, But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful dawn. |
| She was a Phantom of Delight. |
| 4994 |
| A creature not too bright or good For human nature’s daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles. |
| She was a Phantom of Delight. |
| Note 1. It was on this occasion [the failure in energy of Lord Mar at the battle of Sheriffmuir] that Gordon of Glenbucket made the celebrated exclamation, “Oh for an hour of Dundee!”—Mahon: History of England, vol. i. p. 184. Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo, The octogenarian chief, Byzantium’s conquering foe! Lord Byron: Childe Harold, canto iv. stanza 12. [back] |