John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton. (1803–1873) (continued) |
| 6421 |
| You speak As one who fed on poetry. |
| Richelieu. Act i. Sc. vi. |
| 6422 |
| Beneath the rule of men entirely great, The pen is mightier than the sword. 1 |
| Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. ii. |
| 6423 |
| Ambition has no risk. |
| Richelieu. Act iii. Sc. i. |
| 6424 |
| Take away the sword; States can be saved without it. |
| Richelieu. Act iii. Sc. i. |
| 6425 |
| In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As “fail.” |
| Richelieu. Act iii. Sc. i. |
| 6426 |
| Our glories float between the earth and heaven Like clouds which seem pavilions of the sun. |
| Richelieu. Act v. Sc. iii. |
| 6427 |
| The brilliant chief, irregularly great, Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of debate! 2 |
| The New Timon. (1846). Part i. |
| 6428 |
| Alone!—that worn-out word, So idly spoken, and so coldly heard; Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word ALONE! |
| The New Timon. (1846). Part ii. |
| 6429 |
| Two lives that once part are as ships that divide When, moment on moment, there rushes between The one and the other a sea;— Ah, never can fall from the days that have been A gleam on the years that shall be! 3 |
| A Lament. |
| 6430 |
| Memory, no less than hope, owes its charm to “the far away.” |
| A Lament. |
| 6431 |
| When stars are in the quiet skies, Then most I pine for thee; |
| Note 1. See Burton, page 189. [back] |
| Note 2. In April, 1844, Mr. Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: “The noble lord is the Rupert of debate.” [back] |
| Note 3. Ships that pass in the night. See Longfellow, page 644. [back] |