22. Oh! when the breath of flattery is warm upon thine ear, And manly brows are bending in humble suppliance near, May no dream of tenderness arise, which earth may not fulfil, And no fountain open in thy heart, which Time hath power to chill! FLOWERS FRUITS. J. G. WHITTIER. 1. Sweet garland wreaths Of pansies, pinks, and gaudy daffodils. 2. Where peaches glow with sunny dyes, MILTON'S Comus. Like maidens' cheeks when blushes rise; GAY's Fables. 3. Here, scatter'd wild, the lily of the vale 4. Where opening roses breathing sweets diffuse, 5. She looks as clear As morning roses, newly wash'd in dew. THOMSON. POPE. SHAKSPEARE. SOMERVILE'S Chase. 6. The fragrant orange, with bright golden rind. Which bears at once the cup, and milk, and fruit. 9. The little flow'rets raise their heads, And bloom as gaily on the grave, As if reposing on such beds As Nature to her children gave. 10. A violet by a mossy stone, 11. Half hidden from the eye, Fair as a star, when only one BYRON'S Island. Richmond Republican. Like sweet thoughts that come 12. In Eastern lands they talk in flowers, WORDSWORTH. BARRY CORNWALL. And they tell in a garland their loves and cares; J. G. PERCIVAL. 13. The evergreen stern Winter's power derides, Like hope, that in misfortune's storm abides. 14. Yes, lovely flower, I find in thee Wild sweetness which no words express, That dwell not in the pride of dress. LANGHORNE. 15. There is to me A daintiness about these early flowers, N. P. WILLIS. FOLLY-FOOLS. 1. This fellow's wise enough to play the fool; And, to do that well, craves a kind of wit. SHAKSPEARE. 2. He who digs hills because they do aspire, Throws down one mountain, to cast up a higher. Dress'd in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assur'd,— His glossy essence-like an angry ape— Plays such fantastic tricks, before high heaven, SHAKSPEARE. 5. Let our frail thoughts dally with false surmise. MILTON. 280 FOLLY-FOOLS. 6. 'Tis strange there should such difference be "Twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 7. When civil dudgeon first grew high, BUTLER'S Hudibras. 8. Two things so averse, they never yet But in thy rambling fancy met. BUTLER'S Hudibras. 9. For many a lad returns from school 10. Nothing exceeds in ridicule, no doubt, A fool in fashion, but a fool that's out; PATTISON. Though wrong the mode, comply: more sense is shown 11. 'Tis not in folly not to scorn a fool, YOUNG. And scarce in human wisdom to do more. YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. 12. Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die! YOUNG'S Night Thoughts. 13. Some positive, persisting fops we know, POPE. 14. For fools rush in where angels fear to tread. POPE. 15. Who perhaps to the summit of science might soar, Content if "the table he set in a roar." 16. GOLDSMITH'S Retaliation. Whose genius was such, We scarcely could praise him, or blame him, too much; GOLDSMITH'S Retaliation. 17. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colours he spread, And bespatter'd with rouge his own natural red. GOLDSMITH'S Retaliation. 18. He cast off his friends as a huntsman his pack, For he knew, when he wish'd, he could whistle them back. GOLDSMITH'S Retaliation. 19. And idle jests, untimely spoken, 20. Explaining metaphysics to the nation- 1. I've touch'd the highest point of all my greatness; And from the full meridian of my glory 2. I haste now to my setting. I shall fall The swallowing gulf SHAKSPEARE. SHAKSPEARE. |