John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Sir Philip Sidney 1554-1586 John Bartlett
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| Sweet food of sweetly uttered knowledge. |
| Defence of Poesy. |
| 2 |
| He cometh unto you with a tale which holdeth children from play, and old men from the chimney-corner. |
| Defence of Poesy. |
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| I never heard the old song of Percy and Douglas that I found not my heart moved more than with a trumpet. |
| Defence of Poesy. |
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| High-erected thoughts seated in the heart of courtesy. 1 |
| Defence of Poesy. |
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| They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts. 2 |
| Defence of Poesy. |
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| Many-headed multitude. 3 |
| Defence of Poesy. Book ii. |
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| My dear, my better half. |
| Defence of Poesy. Book iii. |
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| Fool! said my muse to me, look in thy heart, and write. 4 |
| Astrophel and Stella, i. |
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| Have I caught my heav’nly jewel. 5 |
| Astrophel and Stella, i. Second Song. |
| Note 1. Great thoughts come from the heart.—Vauvenargues (Marquis of): Maxim cxxvii. [back] |
| Note 2. He never is alone that is accompanied with noble thoughts.—John Fletcher: Love’s Cure, act iii. sc. 3. [back] |
| Note 3. Many-headed multitude.—William Shakespeare: Coriolanus, act ii. sc. 3. This many-headed monster, Multitude.—Daniel: History of the Civil War, book ii. st. 13. [back] |
| Note 4. Look, then, into thine heart and write.—Henry W. Longfellow: Voices of the Night. Prelude. [back] |
| Note 5. Quoted by Shakespeare in Merry Wives of Windsor. [back] |