James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899. Campbell
Beauty’s tears are lovelier than her smile. 1 But now our fates from unmomentous things / May rise like rivers out of little springs. 2 Cease, every joy, to glimmer in my mind, / But leave,—oh! leave the light of hope behind! / What though my winged hours of bliss have been, / Like angel-visits, few and far between? 3 Coming events cast their shadows before. 4 Few, few shall part where many meet; The snow shall be their winding-sheet, / And every turf beneath their feet / Shall be a soldier’s sepulchre. 5 I watch the wheels of Nature’s mazy plan, / And learn the future by the past of man. 6 Like angels’ visits, few and far between. From Blair. 7 Now our fates from unmomentous things / May rise like rivers out of little springs. 8 One could take down a book from a shelf ten times more wise and witty than almost any man’s conversation. 9 The meteor flag of England, / Shall yet terrific burn, / Till danger’s troubled night depart, / And the star of peace return. 10 ’Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, / And robes the mountain in its azure hue. 11 To bear is to conquer our fate. 12 To live in hearts we leave behind / Is not to die. 13 What millions died that Cæsar might be great! 14 Ye mariners of England, / That guard our native seas, / Whose flag has braved a thousand years / The battle and the breeze. 15
