Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyts New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922. Dew
The Dewdrop slips into the shining sea! Edwin ArnoldLight of Asia. Bk. VIII. Last Line. 1
Dewdrops, Natures tears, which she Sheds in her own breast for the fair which die. The sun insists on gladness; but at night, When he is gone, poor Nature loves to weep. BaileyFestus. Sc. Water and Wood. Midnight. 2
The dew, Tis of the tears which stars weep, sweet with joy. BaileyFestus. Sc. Another and a Better World. 3
The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun. ChesterfieldAdvice to a Lady in Autumn. 4
Dew-drops are the gems of morning, But the tears of mournful eve! ColeridgeYouth and Age. 5
The dew-bead Gem of earth and sky begotten. George EliotThe Spanish Gypsy. Song. Bk. I. 6
Every dew-drop and rain-drop had a whole heaven within it. LongfellowHyperion. Bk. III. Ch. VII. 7
Or stars of morning, dew-drops which the sun Impearls on every leaf and every flower. Milton Paradise Lost. Bk. V. L. 746. 8
I must go seek some dewdrops here, And hang a pearl in every cowslips ear. Midsummer Nights Dream . Act II. Sc. 1. L. 14. 9
And every dew-drop paints a bow. TennysonIn Memoriam. Pt. CXXII. 10