John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Christina Georgina Rossetti. (1830–1894) (continued) |
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| My heart is like a singing bird. |
| A Birthday. |
| 7666 |
| Better by far you should forget and smile Than that you should remember and be sad. |
| A Birthday. |
| 7667 |
| Remember me when I am gone away, Gone far away into the silent land. |
| Sonnet. Remember. |
| 7668 |
| All earth’s full rivers can not fill The sea that drinking thirsteth still. |
| By the Sea. |
| 7669 |
| One day in the country Is worth a month in town. |
| Summer. |
| 7670 |
| Silence more musical than any song. |
| Sonnet. Rest. |
| Thomas Edward Brown. (1830–1897) |
| 7671 |
| A Garden is a lovesome thing, God wot! Rose plot, Fringed pool, Ferned grot, The veriest school of Peace; and yet the fool contends that God is not— Not God! in Gardens! when the eve is cool? Nay, but I have a sign: ’T is very sure God walks in mine. |
| My Garden. |
| Charles Hamilton Aïdé (1830–1906) |
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| I sit beside my lonely fire And pray for wisdom yet: For calmness to remember Or courage to forget. |
| Remember or Forget. |