Indexed in the public record
“The primal duties shine aloft, like stars; The charities that soothe and heal and bless Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers.”
Provenance
- Source:
- The Excursion. Book ix.
- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 813efcd57a163df4bbc5e33724fccc45b6bca94de0dabbb4aadb505600d6074c
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Related in the record
“The ultimate, angels' law, Indulging every instinct of the soul There where law, life, joy, impulse are one…”
Robert Browning
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“There is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures…”
Isaac Watts
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“One thought of thee puts all the pomp to flight; Priests, tapers, temples, swim before my sight.”
Alexander Pope
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valour, liberty, and virtue Displays distinguish'd merit, is a noble Of Nature's…”
James Thomson
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“Unto the pure all things are pure.”
Unattributed
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
“And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.”
Thomas Gray
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
Said something yourself? Put it on the record — $5.
A timestamped public registration for your own line — before someone else claims it.
This is an indexed reference citation, not a legal registry entry and not a claim of ownership.