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"There is a silence where hath been no sound, There is a silence where no sound may be,-- In the cold grave, under the deep, deep sea, Or in the wide desert where no life is found."
Sonnet. Silence.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"We watch'd her breathing through the night, Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro."
The Death-Bed.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied; We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died."
The Death-Bed.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky; It was a childish ignorance, But now 't is little joy To know I 'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy."
I remember, I remember.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"She stood breast-high amid the corn Clasp'd by the golden light of morn, Like the sweetheart of the sun, Who many a glowing kiss had won."
Ruth.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Thus she stood amid the stooks, Praising God with sweetest looks."
Ruth.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"When he is forsaken, Wither'd and shaken, What can an old man do but die?"
Spring it is cheery.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And there is even a happiness That makes the heart afraid."
Ode to Melancholy.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"There 's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord in melancholy."
Ode to Melancholy.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart."
The Lady's Dream.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Oh would I were dead now, Or up in my bed now, To cover my head now, And have a good cry!"
A Table of Errata.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Straight down the crooked lane, And all round the square."
A Plain Direction.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying."
Morning Meditations.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A man that 's fond precociously of stirring Must be a spoon."
Morning Meditations.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Seem'd washing his hands with invisible soap In imperceptible water."
Miss Kilmansegg. Her Christening.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"O bed! O bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head!"
Her Dream.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"He lies like a hedgehog rolled up the wrong way, Tormenting himself with his prickles."
Her Dream.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold."
Her Moral.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Spurn'd by the young, but hugg'd by the old To the very verge of the churchyard mould."
Her Moral.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"How widely its agencies vary,-- To save, to ruin, to curse, to bless,-- As even its minted coins express, Now stamp'd with the image of Good Queen Bess, And now of a Bloody Mary."
Her Moral.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Another tumble! That 's his precious nose!"
Parental Ode to my Infant Son.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Boughs are daily rifled By the gusty thieves, And the book of Nature Getteth short of leaves."
The Season.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread,-- Stitch! Stitch! Stitch!"
The Song of the Shirt.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!"
The Song of the Shirt.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Sewing at once a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt."
The Song of the Shirt.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"O God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap!"
The Song of the Shirt.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"No blessed leisure for love or hope, But only time for grief."
The Song of the Shirt.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"My tears must stop, for every drop Hinders needle and thread."
The Song of the Shirt.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"One more unfortunate Weary of breath, Rashly importunate, Gone to her death."
The Bridge of Sighs.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Take her up tenderly, Lift her with care; Fashioned so slenderly, Young, and so fair!"
The Bridge of Sighs.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Alas for the rarity Of Christian charity Under the sun!"
The Bridge of Sighs.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Even God's providence Seeming estrang'd."
The Bridge of Sighs.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day, . . . . . . No road, no street, no t' other side the way, . . . . . . No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees, No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no buds."
November.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"No solemn sanctimonious face I pull, Nor think I 'm pious when I 'm only bilious; Nor study in my sanctum supercilious, To frame a Sabbath Bill or forge a Bull."
Ode to Rae Wilson.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The Quaker loves an ample brim, A hat that bows to no salaam; And dear the beaver is to him As if it never made a dam."
All round my Hat.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain