John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
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| Robert Herrick. (1591–1674) (continued) |
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| I saw a flie within a beade Of amber cleanly buried. 1 |
| The Amber Bead. |
| 2277 |
| Thus times do shift,—each thing his turn does hold; New things succeed, as former things grow old. |
| Ceremonies for Candlemas Eve. |
| 2278 |
| Out-did the meat, out-did the frolick wine. |
| Ode for Ben Jonson. |
| 2279 |
| Attempt the end, and never stand to doubt; Nothing ’s so hard but search will find it out. 2 |
| Seek and Find. |
| 2280 |
| But ne’er the rose without the thorn. 3 |
| The Rose. |
| Francis Quarles. (1592–1644) |
| 2281 |
| Death aims with fouler spite At fairer marks. 4 |
| Divine Poems (ed. 1669). |
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| Sweet Phosphor, bring the day Whose conquering ray May chase these fogs; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! Light will repay The wrongs of night; Sweet Phosphor, bring the day! |
| Emblems. Book i. Emblem 14. |
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| Be wisely worldly, be not worldly wise. |
| Book ii. Emblem 2. |
| Note 1. See Bacon, Quotation 40. [back] |
| Note 2. Nil tam difficilest quin quærendo investigari possiet (Nothing is so difficult but that it may be found out by seeking).—Terence: Heautontimoroumenos, iv. 2, 8. [back] |
| Note 3. Flower of all hue, and without thorn the rose.—John Milton: Paradise Lost, book iv. line 256. [back] |
| Note 4. Death loves a shining mark, a signal blow.—Edward Young: Night Thoughts, night v. line 1011. [back] |