John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Thomas Percy. (1729–1811) (continued) |
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| We ’ll shine in more substantial honours, And to be noble we ’ll be good. 1 |
| Winifreda (1720). |
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| And when with envy Time, transported, Shall think to rob us of our joys, You ’ll in your girls again be courted, And I ’ll go wooing in my boys. |
| Winifreda (1720). |
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| King Stephen was a worthy peere, His breeches cost him but a croune; He held them sixpence all too deere, Therefore he call’d the taylor loune. He was a wight of high renowne, And those but of a low degree; Itt ’s pride that putts the countrye doune, Then take thine old cloake about thee. 2 |
| Take thy old Cloak about Thee. |
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| A poore soule sat sighing under a sycamore tree; Oh willow, willow, willow! With his hand on his bosom, his head on his knee, Oh willow, willow, willow! 3 |
| Willow, willow, willow. |
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| When Arthur first in court began, And was approved king. 4 |
| Sir Launcelot du Lake. |
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| Shall I bid her goe? What if I doe? Shall I bid her goe and spare not? Oh no, no, no! I dare not. 5 |
| Corydon’s Farewell to Phillis. |
| Note 1. See Chapman, Quotation 21. Nobilitas sola est atque unica virtus (Nobility is the one only virtue).—Juvenal: Satire viii. line 20. [back] |
| Note 2. The first stanza is quoted in full, and the last line of the second, by Shakespeare in “Othello,” act ii. sc. 3. [back] |
| Note 3. The poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree, Sing all a green willow; Her hand on her bosom, her head on her knee, Sing willow, willow, willow. Othello, act iv. sc. 3. [back] |
| Note 4. Quoted by Shakespeare in Second Part of “Henry IV.,” act ii. sc. 4. [back] |
| Note 5. Quoted by Shakespeare in “Twelfth Night,” act ii. sc. 3. [back] |