John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Sir Walter Scott. (1771–1832) (continued) |
Fantastic as a woman’s mood, And fierce as Frenzy’s fever’d blood. Thou many-headed monster 1 thing, Oh who would wish to be thy king! |
Lady of the Lake. Canto v. Stanza 30. |
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Where, where was Roderick then? One blast upon his bugle horn Were worth a thousand men. |
Lady of the Lake. Canto vi. Stanza 18. |
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In man’s most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven. |
Lord of the Isles. Canto i. Stanza 20. |
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Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade. |
Lord of the Isles. Canto i. Stanza 23. |
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Oh, many a shaft at random sent Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word at random spoken May soothe, or wound, a heart that ’s broken! |
Lord of the Isles. Canto v. Stanza 18. |
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Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! |
Bridal of Triermain. Canto i. Stanza 21. |
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Still are the thoughts to memory dear. |
Rokeby. Canto i. Stanza 32. |
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A mother’s pride, a father’s joy. |
Rokeby. Canto iii. Stanza 15. |
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Oh, Brignall banks are wild and fair, And Greta woods are green, And you may gather garlands there Would grace a summer’s queen. |
Rokeby. Canto iii. Stanza 16. |
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Thus aged men, full loth and slow, The vanities of life forego, And count their youthful follies o’er, Till Memory lends her light no more. |
Rokeby. Canto v. Stanza 1. |
Note 1. See Massinger, Quotation 3. [back] |