John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Rihard Crashaw 1612?-1649 John Bartlett
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| The conscious water saw its God and blushed. 1 |
| Epigram. |
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| Whoe’er she be, That not impossible she, That shall command my heart and me. |
| Wishes to his Supposed Mistress. |
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| Where’er she lie, Locked up from mortal eye, In shady leaves of destiny. |
| Wishes to his Supposed Mistress. |
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| Days that need borrow No part of their good morrow From a fore-spent night of sorrow. |
| Wishes to his Supposed Mistress. |
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| Life that dares send A challenge to his end, And when it comes, say, Welcome, friend! |
| Wishes to his Supposed Mistress. |
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| Sydneian showers Of sweet discourse, whose powers Can crown old Winter’s head with flowers. |
| Wishes to his Supposed Mistress. |
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| A happy soul, that all the way To heaven hath a summer’s day. |
| In Praise of Lessius’s Rule of Health. |
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| The modest front of this small floor, Believe me, reader, can say more Than many a braver marble can,— “Here lies a truly honest man!” |
| Epitaph upon Mr. Ashton. |
| Note 1. Nympha pudica Deum vidit, et erubuit (The modest Nymph saw the god, and blushed).—Epigrammationa Sacra. Aquæ in vinum versæ, p. 299. [back] |