John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Miscellaneous. (continued) |
| 8291 |
| Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world and child of the skies! Thy genius commands thee; with rapture behold, While ages on ages thy splendors unfold. |
| Timothy Dwight (1752–1817): Columbia. |
| 8292 |
| Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing, Hope, and comfort from above; Let us each, thy peace possessing, Triumph in redeeming love. |
| Robert Hawker (1753–1827): Benediction. |
| 8293 |
| Roy’s wife of Aldivalloch, Wat ye how she cheated me, As I came o’er the braes of Balloch? |
| Anne Grant (1755–1838): Roy’s Wife. |
| 8294 |
| Bounding billows, cease your motion, Bear me not so swiftly o’er. |
| Mary Robinson (1758–1799): Bounding Billows. |
| 8295 |
| While Thee I seek, protecting Power, Be my vain wishes stilled; And may this consecrated hour With better hopes be filled. |
| Helen Maria Williams (1762–1827): Trust in Providence. |
| 8296 |
| The glory dies not, and the grief is past. |
| Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762–1837): Sonnet on the Death of Sir Walter Scott. |
| 8297 |
| Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher’s chorus-note Soft moves the dipping oar. |
| Joanna Baillie (1762–1857): Oh swiftly glides the Bonnie Boat. |
| 8298 |
| ’T was whisper’d in heaven, ’t was mutter’d in hell, And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell; On the confines of earth ’t was permitted to rest, And the depths of the ocean its presence confess’d. |
| Catherine M. Fanshawe (1764–1834): Enigma. The letter H. |