John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Cecil Frances Alexander. (1818–1895) |
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By Nebo’s lonely mountain, On this side Jordan’s wave, In a vale in the land of Moab, There lies a lonely grave. |
The Burial of Moses. |
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This was the truest warrior That ever buckled sword; This the most gifted poet That ever breathed a word; And never earth’s philosopher Traced with his golden pen On the deathless page truths half so sage As he wrote down for men. |
The Burial of Moses. |
John James Robert, Duke of Rutland Manners. (1818–1906) |
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No: by the names inscribed in History’s page, Names that are England’s noblest heritage, Names that shall live for yet unnumbered years Shrined in our hearts with Cressy and Poictiers; Let wealth and commerce, laws and learning die, But leave us still our old nobility. |
England’s Trust. Part iii. Line 227. |
Arthur Hugh Clough. (1819–1861) |
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How pleasant it is to have money! |
Spectator ab Extra. |
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Say not the struggle naught availeth, The labor and the wounds are vain, The enemy faints not nor faileth, And as things have been they remain. |
Say not the Struggle Naught availeth. |