"Above the vulgar flight of common souls."

Zenobia. Act v.

"Picked up his crumbs."

The Upholsterer. Act i.

"The flowers of the forest are a' wide awae."

The Flowers of the Forest.

"Remote, unfriended, melancholy, slow, Or by the lazy Scheld or wandering Po."

The Traveller. Line 1.

"Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see, My heart untravell'd fondly turns to thee; Still to my brother turns with ceaseless pain, And drags at each remove a lengthening chain."

The Traveller. Line 7.

"And learn the luxury of doing good."

The Traveller. Line 22.

"Some fleeting good, that mocks me with the view."

The Traveller. Line 26.

"These little things are great to little man."

The Traveller. Line 42.

"Creation's heir, the world, the world is mine!"

The Traveller. Line 50.

"Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam,-- His first, best country ever is at home."

The Traveller. Line 73.

"Where wealth and freedom reign contentment fails, And honour sinks where commerce long prevails."

The Traveller. Line 91.

"Man seems the only growth that dwindles here."

The Traveller. Line 126.

"The canvas glow'd beyond ev'n Nature warm, The pregnant quarry teem'd with human form."

The Traveller. Line 137.

"By sports like these are all their cares beguil'd; The sports of children satisfy the child."

The Traveller. Line 153.

"But winter lingering chills the lap of May."

The Traveller. Line 172.

"Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breasts the keen air, and carols as he goes."

The Traveller. Line 185.

"So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more."

The Traveller. Line 217.

"Alike all ages. Dames of ancient days Have led their children through the mirthful maze, And the gay grandsire, skill'd in gestic lore, Has frisk'd beneath the burden of threescore."

The Traveller. Line 251.

"They please, are pleas'd; they give to get esteem, Till seeming blest, they grow to what they seem."

The Traveller. Line 266.

"Embosom'd in the deep where Holland lies. Methinks her patient sons before me stand, Where the broad ocean leans against the land."

The Traveller. Line 282.

"Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by."

The Traveller. Line 327.

"The land of scholars and the nurse of arms."

The Traveller. Line 356.

"For just experience tells, in every soil, That those that think must govern those that toil."

The Traveller. Line 372.

"Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law."

The Traveller. Line 386.

"Forc'd from their homes, a melancholy train, To traverse climes beyond the western main; Where wild Oswego spreads her swamps around, And Niagara stuns with thundering sound."

The Traveller. Line 409.

"Vain, very vain, my weary search to find That bliss which only centres in the mind."

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"Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel."

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"Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain."

The Deserted Village. Line 1.

"The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made."

The Deserted Village. Line 13.

"The bashful virgin's sidelong looks of love."

The Deserted Village. Line 29.

"Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay. Princes and lords may flourish or may fade,-- A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroy'd, can never be supplied."

The Deserted Village. Line 51.

"His best companions, innocence and health; And his best riches, ignorance of wealth."

The Deserted Village. Line 61.

"How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labour with an age of ease!"

The Deserted Village. Line 99.

"While Resignation gently slopes away, And all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past."

The Deserted Village. Line 110.

"The watch-dog's voice that bay'd the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind."

The Deserted Village. Line 121.

"A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year."

The Deserted Village. Line 141.

"Wept o'er his wounds, or tales of sorrow done, Shoulder'd his crutch, and shew'd how fields were won."

The Deserted Village. Line 157.

"Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And even his failings lean'd to Virtue's side."

The Deserted Village. Line 161.

"And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledg'd offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reprov'd each dull delay, Allur'd to brighter worlds, and led the way."

The Deserted Village. Line 167.

"Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools who came to scoff, remain'd to pray."

The Deserted Village. Line 179.

"Even children follow'd with endearing wile, And pluck'd his gown, to share the good man's smile."

The Deserted Village. Line 183.

"As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm,-- Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head."

The Deserted Village. Line 189.

"Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he; Full well the busy whisper circling round Convey'd the dismal tidings when he frown'd. Yet was he kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault; The village all declar'd how much he knew, 'T was certain he could write and cipher too."

The Deserted Village. Line 199.

"In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd the gazing rustics rang'd around; And still they gaz'd, and still the wonder grew That one small head could carry all he knew."

The Deserted Village. Line 209.

"Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round."

The Deserted Village. Line 223.

"The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor, The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door; The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,-- A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day."

The Deserted Village. Line 227.

"The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose."

The Deserted Village. Line 232.

"To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art."

The Deserted Village. Line 253.

"And e'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart distrusting asks if this be joy."

The Deserted Village. Line 263.

"Her modest looks the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn."

The Deserted Village. Line 329.