John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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Samuel Rogers. (17631855)
4814 Sweet Memory! wafted by thy gentle gale, Oft up the stream of Time I turn my sail.
The Pleasures of Memory. Part ii. i.
4815 She was good as she was fair, Nonenone on earth above her! As pure in thought as angels are: To know her was to love her. 1
Jacqueline. Stanza 1.
4816 The good are better made by ill, As odours crushed are sweeter still. 2
Jacqueline. Stanza 3.
4817 A guardian angel oer his life presiding, Doubling his pleasures, and his cares dividing.
Human Life.
4818 Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.
Human Life.
4819 The soul of music slumbers in the shell Till waked and kindled by the masters spell; And feeling hearts, touch them but rightly, pour A thousand melodies unheard before!
Human Life.
4820 Then never less alone than when alone. 3
Human Life.
4821 Those that he loved so long and sees no more, Loved and still loves,not dead, but gone before, 4 He gathers round him.
Human Life.
4822 Mine be a cot beside the hill; A beehives hum shall soothe my ear; A willowy brook that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near.
A Wish.