John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Charles Kingsley. (1819–1875) (continued) |
| 7252 |
| The world goes up and the world goes down, And the sunshine follows the rain; And yesterday’s sneer and yesterday’s frown Can never come over again. |
| Dolcino to Margaret. |
| 7253 |
| Toil is the true knight’s pastime. |
| The Saint’s Tragedy. Act i. Sc. ii. |
| 7254 |
| Oh that we two were Maying. |
| The Saint’s Tragedy. Act ii. Sc. ix. |
| 7255 |
| Would that we two were lying Beneath the churchyard sod, With our limbs at rest in the green earth’s breast, And our souls at home with God. |
| The Saint’s Tragedy. Act ii. Sc. ix. |
| 7256 |
| Fools! who fancy Christ mistaken; Man a tool to buy and sell; Earth a failure, God-forsaken, Ante-room of Hell. |
| The World’s Age. |
| 7257 |
| Pain is no evil, Unless it conquer us. |
| St. Maura. |
| 7258 |
| Are gods more ruthless than mortals? Have they no mercy for youth? no love for the souls who have loved them? |
| Andromeda. |
| 7259 |
| Sad, sad to think that the year is all but done. |
| The Starlings. |
| 7260 |
| In the light of fuller day, Of purer science, holier laws. 1 |
| On the Death of a certain Journal. |
| 7261 |
| When all the world is old, lad, And all the trees are brown; And all the sport is stale, lad, And all the wheels run down; |
| Water Babies. Song ii. |
| Note 1. See Tennyson: Sweeter manners, purer laws, page 676. [back] |