Thames Quotes. Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922

Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.

Thames


O, could I flow like thee! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull; Strong without rage, without o’erflowing full. Sir John Denham—Cooper’s Hill. L. 189. Latin prose with same idea found in a letter of Roger Ascham’s to Sir William Petre. Epistles. P. 254. (Ed. 1590).	1
Serene yet strong, majestic yet sedate, Swift without violence, without terror great. Prior—Carmen Seculare. L. 200. Imitation of Denham.	2
Slow let us trace the matchless vale of Thames; Fair winding up to where the Muses haunt In Twit’nham bowers, and for their Pope implore. Thomson—Seasons. Summer. L. 1,425.	3
Never did sun more beautifully steep In his first splendor, valley, rock, or hill; Ne’er saw I, never felt, a calm so deep! The river glideth at his own sweet will. Dear God! the very houses seem asleep; And all that mighty heart is lying still! Wordsworth—Sonnet. Composed upon Westminster Bridge.	4