 | John Cooper Grocott - 1863 - 562 sidor
...excess. SHARSPERE. — King John, Act IV. Scene 2. (Salisbury to the King on his being crowned n GOOD.— Oh, sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, Burn to the socket. WORDSWORTH. — The Excursion, Book L Page 21. Are you good men... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 sidor
...EXCURSION. The vision and the faculty divine. Boot i. The imperfect offices of prayer and praise. Ibid. The good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Ibid. This dull product of a scoffer's pen. Book ii. With battlements, that on their restless fronts... | |
 | William [poetical works Wordsworth (selections]) - 1866 - 408 sidor
...never pass that road but she, Who lived within these walls, at my approach, A daughter's welcome gave, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir ! the good...looks, When she upheld the cool refreshment drawn 1'rom that forsaken spring ; and no one came But he was welcome ; no one went away But that it seemed... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - 1867 - 752 sidor
...was their lodging, homely was their food, For all the luxury of doing good. Garth, Claremont, 148. Oh. sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer's dust, Burn to the socket. Wordsworth, The Excursion, I. 21. GOOD DEEDS. Only the actions of... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 sidor
...such thoughts ! Forgive them ; never, never did my steps Approach this door, but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. O sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Many a... | |
 | William Wordsworth - 1869 - 752 sidor
...such thoughts! forgive them ;—never—never did my steps Approach this door but she who dwelt within A daughter's welcome gave me, and I loved her As my own child. Oh, Sir! the good die first, A iid they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Hunt to the socket. Many a passenger Math blessed poor... | |
 | William Davis (B.A.) - 1869 - 200 sidor
...Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most. Thomson's Seasons. The good die first ; And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. Wordsworth's Excursion. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1869 - 434 sidor
...triumph hours, save on the battle-day ? ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE, OF NEW YORK, SEPT., 1820. "The good die first, And they, whose hearts are dry as summer dust, Burn to the socket." WORDSWORTH. flREEN be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee,... | |
 | Sallie A. Brock - 1869 - 660 sidor
...nameless sod, 0f gmrnj THE POET LAUREATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. BY SALUE A. BBOCK. " The good die first, But they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket" His harp is mute ! And o'er the fair and sunlit skies, Which saw his splendid genius comet-like arise... | |
 | Robert Herbert Story - 1870 - 408 sidor
...had borne his burden and made no complaint, and his time had come. Too early, would any say ? — " Oh, Sir ! the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket." They brought him to Edinburgh, that he might be buried beside his four children, in the Grange Cemetery.... | |
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Oh, sir, the good die first, And they whose hearts are dry as summer dust Burn to the socket. 
