John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Sir John Sukling 1609-1642 John Bartlett
| 1 |
| Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, 1 As if they feared the light; But oh, she dances such a way! No sun upon an Easter-day Is half so fine a sight. |
| Ballad upon a Wedding. |
| 2 |
| Her lips were red, and one was thin; Compared with that was next her chin,— Some bee had stung it newly. |
| Ballad upon a Wedding. |
| 3 |
| Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can’t move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale? |
| Song. |
| 4 |
| ’T is expectation makes a blessing dear; Heaven were not heaven if we knew what it were. |
| Against Fruition. |
| 5 |
| She is pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. |
| Brennoralt. Act ii. |
| 6 |
| Her face is like the milky way i’ the sky,— A meeting of gentle lights without a name. |
| Brennoralt. Act iii. |
| 7 |
| But as when an authentic watch is shown, Each man winds up and rectifies his own, So in our very judgments. 2 |
| Aglaura. Epilogue. |
| 8 |
| The prince of darkness is a gentleman. 3 |
| The Goblins. |
| 9 |
| Nick of time. |
| The Goblins. |
| 10 |
| “High characters,” cries one, and he would see Things that ne’er were, nor are, nor e’er will be. 4 |
| The Goblins. Epilogue. |
| Note 1. See Herrick, Quotation 11. [back] |
| Note 2. ’T is with our judgments as our watches,—none Go just alike, yet each believes his own. Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism, part i. line 9. [back] |
| Note 3. See Shakespeare, King Lear, Quotation 29. [back] |
| Note 4. Whoever thinks a faultless piece to see, Thinks what ne’er was, nor is, nor e’er shall be. Alexander Pope: Essay on Criticism, part ii. line 53. There ’s no such thing in Nature, and you ’ll draw A faultless monster which the world ne’er saw. Sheffield, Duke of Buckinghamshire: Essay on Poetry. [back] |