"Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted……" — Joanna Baillie
"Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat, Just parted from the shore, And to the fisher's chorus-note Soft moves the dipping oar."
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Joanna Baillie
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17 Quotes by Joanna Baillie
Joanna Baillie has 17 quotes on this site.
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He that will not give some portion of his ease, his blood, his wealth, for other's good, is a poor,…
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The bliss even of a moment still is bliss.
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A willing heart adds feather to the heel.
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To struggle when hope is banished! To live when life's salt is gone! To dwell in a dream that's vanished!…
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Heaven often smites in mercy, even when the blow is severest.
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Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.
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I wish I were with some of the wild people that run in the woods, and know nothing about accomplishments!
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I have seen the day, when, if a man made himself ridiculous, the world would laugh at him. But now,…
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Think'st thou there are no serpents in the world But those who slide along the grassy sod, And sting the…
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O lovely Sisters! is it true That they are all inspired by you, And write by inward magic charm'd, And…
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The tyrant now Trusts not to men: nightly within his chamber The watch-dog guards his couch, the only friend He…
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The strength of man sinks in the hour of trial; but there doth live a Power that to the battle…
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