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I Remember, I Remember, st. 1 (1827).
1820s
Thomas Hood, Craniology, reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 597.
20th century
“A man that's fond precociously of stirring,
Must be a spoon.”
Morning Meditations (1839), St. 10.
1830s
St. 1.
1840s, The Song of the Shirt (1843)
Ode to Rae Wilson; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
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1830s
“There's not a string attuned to mirth
But has its chord in melancholy.”
Ode to Melancholy, st. 8.
1820s
“Home-made dishes that drive one from home.”
Her Honeymoon; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Alas! for the rarity
Of Christian charity
Under the sun!”
The Bridge of Sighs (1844), st. 9.
1840s
Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Boughs are daily rifled
By the gusty thieves,
And the book of Nature
Getteth short of leaves.”
The Season; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“There's a double beauty whenever a swan
Swims on a lake with her double thereon.”
Her Honeymoon; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
St. 4.
1840s, The Song of the Shirt (1843)
“Oh, God! that bread should be so dear,
And flesh and blood so cheap!”
St. 5.
1840s, The Song of the Shirt (1843)
“Thus she stood amid the stooks,
Praising God with sweetest looks.”
Ruth; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Gold! Gold! Gold! Gold!
Bright and yellow, hard and cold.”
Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Spurned by the young, but hugged by the old
To the very verge of the churchyard mould.”
Her Moral; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
The Death-Bed; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
Home at last; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Another tumble! That's his precious nose!”
Parental Ode to my infant Son; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“Oh would I were dead now,
Or up in my bed now,
To cover my head now,
And have a good cry!”
A Table of Errata; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
“When he is forsaken,
Withered and shaken,
What can an old man do but die?”
Spring it is cheery; reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
20th century
