Thee Quotes
1198 Thee quotes by 490 unique authors
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Pride of the dewy morning, The swain's experienced eye From thee takes timely warning. Nor trusts the gorgeous sky.
— John Keble
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Do not fancy, as too many do, that thou canst praise God by singing hymns to Him in church once a week, and disobeying Him…
— Charles Kingsley
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Listen, sweet Dove, unto my song, And spread thy golden wings in me; Hatching my tender heart so long, Till it get wing, and flie…
— George Herbert
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Shew me a lyer, and I'le shew thee a theefe.
— George Herbert
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Drink not the third glass, which thou canst not tame, When once it is within thee; but before Mayst rule it, as thou list: and…
— George Herbert
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Give what thou canst, without Thee we are poor; And with Thee rich, take what Thou wilt away.
— William Cowper
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England with all thy faults, I love thee still-- My country! and, while yet a nook is left Where English minds and manners may be…
— William Cowper
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How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press. . . . . Like Eden's dead probationary tree,…
— William Cowper
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Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.
— Alexander Pope
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O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, Dungeon, or beggary, or decrepit age!
— John Milton
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Hail, holy light! offspring of heaven firstborn! Or of th' eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblam'd? since God is light And never but…
— John Milton
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Sweet bird that shunn'st the nose of folly, Most musical, most melancholy! Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among, I woo, to hear thy even-song.
— John Milton
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If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore, With God or…
— John Milton
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Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
— John Heywood
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Thou wast not born for death, immortal bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient…
— John Keats
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O Solitude! if I must with thee dwell, Let it not be among the jumbled heap Of murky buildings: climb with me the steep,-- Nature's…
— John Keats
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Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee.
— Homer
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England! my country, great and free! Heart of the world, I leap to thee!
— Philip James Bailey
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Happy insect! what can be In happiness compared to thee? Fed with nourishment divine, The dewy morning's gentle wine! Nature waits upon thee still, And…
— Abraham Cowley
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Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.
— Philip Massinger
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Old noted oak! I saw thee in a mood Of vague indifference; and yet with me Thy memory, like thy fate, hath lingering stood For…
— John Clare
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O faithful conscience, delicately pure, how doth a little failing wound thee sore!
— Dante Alighieri
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Form no covetous desire, so that the demon of greediness may not deceive thee, and the treasure of the world may not be tasteless to…
— Zoroaster
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Sleep, to the homeless thou art home; the friendless find in thee a friend
— Ebenezer Elliott
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Nearer, my God, to Thee.
— Sarah Fuller Flower Adams
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