"Is she not more than painting can express, Or youthful poets fancy when they love?"

The Fair Penitent. Act iii. Sc. 1.

"Is this that haughty gallant, gay Lothario?"

The Fair Penitent. Act v. Sc. i.

"Whene'er I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see! What shall I render to my God For all his gifts to me?"

Divine Songs. Song iv.

"A flower, when offered in the bud, Is no vain sacrifice."

Divine Songs. Song xii.

"And he that does one fault at first And lies to hide it, makes it two."

Divine Songs. Song xv.

"Let dogs delight to bark and bite, For God hath made them so; Let bears and lions growl and fight, For 't is their nature too."

Divine Songs. Song xvi.

"But, children, you should never let Such angry passions rise; Your little hands were never made To tear each other's eyes."

Divine Songs. Song xvi.

"Birds in their little nests agree; And 't is a shameful sight When children of one family Fall out, and chide, and fight."

Divine Songs. Song xvii.

"How doth the little busy bee Improve each shining hour, And gather honey all the day From every opening flower!"

Divine Songs. Song xx.

"For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do."

Divine Songs. Song xx.

"In books, or work, or healthful play."

Divine Songs. Song xx.

"I have been there, and still would go; 'T is like a little heaven below."

Divine Songs. Song xxviii.

"Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber! Holy angels guard thy bed! Heavenly blessings without number Gently falling on thy head."

A Cradle Hymn.

"'T is the voice of the sluggard; I heard him complain, "You have wak'd me too soon, I must slumber again.""

The Sluggard.

"Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascending high."

Psalm v.

"From all who dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue."

Psalm cxvii.

"Fly, like a youthful hart or roe, Over the hills where spices grow."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book i. Hymn 79.

"And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book i. Hymn 88.

"Strange that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long!"

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 19.

"Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 63.

"The tall, the wise, the reverend head Must lie as low as ours."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 63.

"When I can read my title clear To mansions in the skies, I 'll bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 65.

"There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 66.

"So, when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turns; And 't is a poor relief we gain To change the place, but keep the pain."

Hymns and Spiritual Songs. Book ii. Hymn 146.

"Were I so tall to reach the pole, Or grasp the ocean with my span, I must be measured by my soul: The mind 's the standard of the man."

Horæ Lyricæ. Book ii. False Greatness.

"To God the Father, God the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One, Be honour, praise, and glory given By all on earth, and all in heaven."

Doxology.

"The balance of power."

Speech, 1741.

"Flowery oratory he despised. He ascribed to the interested views of themselves or their relatives the declarations of pretended patriots, of whom he said, "All those men have their price.""

Memoirs of Walpole. Vol. iv. p. 369.

"Anything but history, for history must be false."

Walpoliana. No. 141.

"I have read somewhere or other,--in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, I think,--that history is philosophy teaching by examples."

On the Study and Use of History. Letter 2.

"The dignity of history."

On the Study and Use of History. Letter v.

"It is the modest, not the presumptuous, inquirer who makes a real and safe progress in the discovery of divine truths. One follows Nature and Nature's God; that is, he follows God in his works and in his word."

Letter to Mr. Pope.

"Kite. Oh, a mighty large bed! bigger by half than the great bed at Ware: ten thousand people may lie in it together, and never feel one another."

The Recruiting Officer. Act i. Sc. 1.

"I believe they talked of me, for they laughed consumedly."

The Beaux' Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 1.

"'T was for the good of my country that I should be abroad."

The Beaux' Stratagem. Act iii. Sc. 2.

"Necessity, the mother of invention."

The Twin Rivals. Act i.

"Still an angel appear to each lover beside, But still be a woman to you."

When thy Beauty appears.

"Remote from man, with God he passed the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise."

The Hermit. Line 5.

"We call it only pretty Fanny's way."

An Elegy to an Old Beauty.

"Let those love now who never loved before; Let those who always loved, now love the more."

Translation of the Pervigilium Veneris.

"True as the needle to the pole, Or as the dial to the sun."

Song.

"Tired nature's sweet restorer, balmy sleep!"

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 1.

"Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 18.

"Creation sleeps! 'T is as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause,-- An awful pause! prophetic of her end."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 23.

"The bell strikes one. We take no note of time But from its loss."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 55.

"Poor pensioner on the bounties of an hour."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 67.

"To waft a feather or to drown a fly."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 154.

"Insatiate archer! could not one suffice? Thy shaft flew thrice, and thrice my peace was slain; And thrice, ere thrice yon moon had filled her horn."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 212.

"Be wise to-day; 't is madness to defer."

Night thoughts. Night i. Line 390.

"Procrastination is the thief of time."

Night Thoughts. Night i. Line 393.