589
POPE: Satire v., Line 267.

=Duelling.=

Some fiery fop, with new commission vain,
Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man;
Some frolic drunkard, reeling from a feast,
Provokes a broil, and stabs you for a jest.
590
DR. JOHNSON: _London._

=Dunce.=

How much a dunce, that has been sent to roam,
Excels a dunce, that has been kept at home.
591
COWPER: _Prog. of Error,_ Line 415.

=Dungeon.=

Dweller in yon dungeon dark,
Hangman of creation, mark!
592
BURNS: _Ode on Mrs. Oswald._

=Duty.=

Stern Daughter of the Voice of God!
O Duty! if that name thou love
Who art a light to guide, a rod
To check the erring, and reprove;
Thou, who art victory and law
When empty terrors overawe;
From vain temptations dost set free;
And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
593
WORDSWORTH: _Ode to Duty._

==E.==

=Eagle.=

So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain,
No more through rolling clouds to soar again,
View'd his own feather on the fatal dart,
And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart.
594
BYRON: _English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,_ Line 826.

=Ear.=

Where more is meant than meets the ear.
595
MILTON: _Il Penseroso,_ Line 120.

=Earth.=

The earth doth like a snake renew
Her winter weeds outworn.
596
SHELLEY: _Hellas,_ Line 1060.

Earth felt the wound; and Nature from her seat,
Sighing through all her works, gave signs of woe
That all was lost.
597
MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. ix., Line 782.

Upon my burned body lie lightly, gentle earth.
598
BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _Maid's Tragedy,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

Earth with her thousand voices praises God.
599
COLERIDGE: _Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni._

=Ease.=

Ease would recant
Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
600
MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. iv., Line 96.

=East.=

An hour before the worshipp'd sun
Peered forth the golden window of the east.
601
SHAKS.: _Rom. and Jul.,_ Act i., Sc. 1.

=Easter.=

Rise, heart; thy Lord is risen. Sing His praise
Without delays,
Who takes thee by the hand, that thou likewise
With Him mayst rise:
That, as His death calcined thee to dust,
His life may make thee gold, and, much more, just.
602
HERBERT: _The Church._ _Easter._

=Eating.=

Unquiet meals make ill digestions.
603
SHAKS.: _Com. of Errors,_ Act v., Sc. 1.

Some hae meat and canna eat,
And some would eat tha