9. In those ears of mine, These credulous ears, he pour'd the sweetest words 10. I am not form'd, by flattery and praise, To charm at once, and spoil her. 11. He that would win his dame, must do 12. For, you must know, a widow's won BEAUMONT. THOMSON. BUTLER'S Hudibras. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 13. She most attracts who longest can refuse. AARON HILL. 14. With easy freedom and a gay address, A pressing lover seldom wants success. 15. A witty, wild, inconstant, free gallant. 16. To me he came; my heart with rapture sprung, 17. So, with decorum all things carried, ROWE. ROWE. GAY'S Dione. Miss frown'd, and blush'd, and then was married. 18. She half consents who silently denies. GOLDSMITH. OVID. POPE'S Eloisa. 19. Men dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. 158 20. COURTSHIP. Like a lovely tree She grew to womanhood, and between whiles BYRON'S Don Juan. 21. The gentle pressure and the thrilling touch. BYRON'S Don Juan. 22. To pick up gloves, and fans, and knitting-needles, And list for songs and tunes, and watch for smiles, And smile at pretty prattle, and look into The eyes of maids as tho' they were bright stars. 23. But yet she listen'd-'t is enough Who listens once will listen twice, Her heart, be sure, is not of ice, BYRON. BYRON'S Mazeppa. 24. Then thro' my brain the thought did pass, 25. Skill'd in the ogle of a roguish eye. BYRON'S Mazeppa. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 26. Not much he kens, I ween, of woman's breast, BYRON'S Childe Harold. And sweet as softest music's gentle flow, The lovers spoke. MRS. HOWE. 28. While the dimple and blush, starting soft to her cheek, Told the tale that her tongue was too timid to speak. MRS. OSGOOD. 29. There's nothing like maneuvering in season, Ye parents, who have daughters to dispose of, Especially if you have any reason 30. To think in maiden hood their lives will doze off, DAWES' Geraldine. When happy lovers meet Of their young hearts to tender wishes stirr'd, MRS. A. B. WELBY. 1. COWARDICE - FEAR. His hand did quake, And tremble like a leaf of aspen green, And troubled blood thro' his pale face was seen SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 2. Thereat he smitten was, with great affright, SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. 3. Cowards die many times before their death; The valiant never taste of death but once. 4. And extreme fear can neither fight nor fly, But, coward-like, with trembling terror die. SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. 160 COWARDICE - FEAR. 5. And, though he posted e'er so fast, 6. Those that fly may fight again, Which he can never do that's slain ; BUTLER'S Hudibras. 8. Think not, coward, wit can hide the shame Of hearts, which, while they dare not strike for fear, 9. Desponding fear, of feeble fancies full, Weak and unmanly, weakens ev'ry pow'r. LORD BROOKE. THOMSON'S Seasons. 10. Grac'd with a sword, but worthier of a fan. CowPER. 11. My blood ran back, My shaking knees against each other knock'd- DRYDEN. 12. The wretch that fears to drown, will break thro' flames; 13. Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin; CIBBER. HANNAH MORE. 14. As mongrels bay the lion in a cage. 15. Must I consume my life-this little life, DR. JOHNSON. BYRON'S Sardanapalus. 16. It has a strange, quick jar upon the ear, This cocking of a pistol, when you know BYRON'S Don Juan. 17. And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour before, Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 18. Go-let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff-not the brand. 19. BYRON'S Bride of Abydos. Hope, fear, and love, Joy, doubt, and hate, may other spirits move, CRABBE. 1. CREDULITY-DOUBT. Our doubts are traitors, And make us lose the good we oft might win SHAKSPEARE. 2. Oh, how this tyrant, doubt, torments my breast! OTWAY. |