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-BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
C.N. Douglas, comp. Forty Thousand Quotations: Prose and Poetical. 1917.
Swan
The swan, like the soul of the poet,By the dull world is ill understood.
Heine.
The swan murmurs sweet strains with a faltering tongue, itself the singer of its own dirge.
Martial.
The swan, with arched neckBetween her white wings mantling proudly, rowsHer state with oary feet.
Milton.
The swan in the pool is singing,And up and down doth he steer,And, singing gently ever,Dips under the water clear.
Heine.
As I have seen a swanWith bootless labour swim against the tideAnd spend her strength with over-matching waves.
Shakespeare.
The stately-sailing swanGives out his snowy plumage to the gale;And, arching proud his neck, with oary feetBears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle,Protective of his young.
Thomson.
And over the pond are sailingTwo swans all white as snow;Sweet voices mysteriously wailingPierce through me as onward they go.They sail along, and a ringingSweet melody rises on high;And when the swans begin singing,They presently must die.
Heine.