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"Angels listen when she speaks: She 's my delight, all mankind's wonder; But my jealous heart would break Should we live one day asunder."
Song.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Here lies our sovereign lord the king, Whose word no man relies on; He never says a foolish thing, Nor ever does a wise one."
Written on the Bedchamber Door of Charles II.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"And ever since the Conquest have been fools."
Artemisia in the Town to Chloe in the Country.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"For pointed satire I would Buckhurst choose, The best good man with the worst-natured muse."
An allusion to Horace, Satire x. Book i.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"A merry monarch, scandalous and poor."
On the King.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain