Thy Quotes

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The hog that ploughs not, not obeys thy call, Lives on the labours of this lord of all. — Alexander Pope
Amid thy desert-walks the lapwing flies, And tires their echoes with unvaried cries. — Oliver Goldsmith
Sweetest Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen Within thy airy shell, By slow Meander's margent green, And in the violet-embroidered vale. — John Milton
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
I've lately had two spiders Crawling upon my startled hopes-- Now though thy friendly hand has brushed 'em from me, Yet still they crawl offensive… — Colley Cibber
Thou hastenest down between the hills to meet me at the road, The secret scarcely lisping of thy beautiful abode Among the pines and mosses… — Lucy Larcom
In a drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook, Thy bubblings ne'er remember Apollo's summer look; But with a sweet forgetting, They stay their crystal fretting,… — John Keats
Adieu! adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next… — John Keats
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
Let the ground of all thy religious actions be obedience; examine not why it is commanded, but observe it because it is commanded. True obedience… — Francis Quarles
See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this… — Francis Quarles
Burn to be great, Pay not thy praise to lofty things alone. The plains are everlasting as the hills, The bard cannot have two pursuits;… — Philip James Bailey
Oh mysterious world of all light, thou hast made a light shine within me, and I have grown in admiration of thy antique beauty, which… — Paul Gauguin
Oh mysterious world... I have become better for having understood and having loved thy human soul - a flower which has ceased to bloom and… — Paul Gauguin
Despair of ever being saved, "except thou be born again," or of seeing God "without holiness," or of having part in Christ except thou "love… — Richard Baxter
O Earth! all bathed with blood and years, yet never / Hast thou ceased putting forth thy fruit and flowers. — Madame de Stael
When anger spreads through the breath, guard thy tongue from barking idly. — Sappho
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
Oh, Conscience! Conscience! man's most faithful friend, Him canst thou comfort, ease, relieve, defend; But if he will thy friendly checks forego, Thou art, oh!… — George Crabbe
Quoth the Ocean, "Dawn! O fairest, clearest, Touch me with thy golden fingers bland; For I have no smile till thou appearest For the lovely… — Jean Ingelow

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