ny other compilers of quotations, especially to the _Poetical
Quotations_ Anna L. Ward (published by Messrs. T.Y. Crowell & Co.),
the author is under obligations; while he has made an independent
examination of the more recent poets, as well as many of the older ones.
The topics illustrated number 2138, selected from the writings of 255
authors. The indexes, which will be found full and complete, were
prepared by Mrs. Grace E. Powers, who has also rendered valuable
assistance in preparing the copy for the press and in reading the
proofs.

G.W.P.

DORCHESTER, MASS.,
July, 1901.

HANDY DICTIONARY OF POETICAL
QUOTATIONS.

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==A.==

=Abashed.=

Abash'd the devil stood,
And felt how awful goodness is, and saw
Virtue in her shape how lovely.
1
MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. iv., Line 846.

=Abbots.=

To happy convents bosom'd deep in vines,
Where slumber abbots purple as their wines.
2
POPE: _Dunciad,_ Bk. iv., Line 301.

=Abdication.=

I give this heavy weight from off my head,
And this unwieldy sceptre from my hand,
The pride of kingly sway from out my heart;
With mine own tears I wash away my balm,
With mine own hands I give away my crown,
With mine own tongue deny my sacred state,
With mine own breath release all duteous oaths.
3
SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act iv., Sc. 1.

=Abdiel.=

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found;
Among the faithless, faithful only he.
4
MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. v., Line 896.

=Ability.=

I profess not talking; only this,
Let each man do his best.
5
SHAKS.: _1 Henry IV.,_ Act v., Sc. 2.

=Absence.=

What! keep a week away! Seven days and nights?
Eight score eight hours? and lovers' absent hours,
More tedious than the dial eight score times?
O weary reckoning!
6
SHAKS.: _Othello,_ Act iii., Sc. 1.

Though lost to sight, to memory dear
Thou ever wilt remain.
7
GEORGE LINLEY: _Song, Though Lost to Sight._

Condemn'd whole years in absence to deplore,
And image charms he must behold no more.
8
POPE: _Eloisa to A.,_ Line 361.

O last love! O first love!
My love with the true heart,
To think I have come to this your home,
And yet--we are apart!
9
JEAN INGELOW: _Sailing Beyond Seas._

'Tis said that absence conquers love;
But oh believe it not!
I've tried, alas! its power to prove,
But thou art not forgot.
10
FREDERICK W. THOMAS: _Absence Conquers Love._

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