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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

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Isaac Bickerstaff. (1735–1787) (continued)
 
4583
    Young fellows will be young fellows.
          Love in a Village. Act ii. Sc. 2.
4584
    Ay, do despise me! I ’m the prouder for it; I like to be despised.
          The Hypocrite. Act v. Sc. 1.
 
James Beattie. (1735–1803)
 
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    Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb
The steep where Fame’s proud temple shines afar?
          The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 1.
4586
    Zealous, yet modest; innocent, though free;
Patient of toil, serene amidst alarms;
Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.
          The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 11.
4587
    Old age comes on apace to ravage all the clime.
          The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 25.
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    Mine be the breezy hill that skirts the down,
Where a green grassy turf is all I crave,
With here and there a violet bestrewn,
Fast by a brook or fountain’s murmuring wave;
And many an evening sun shine sweetly on my grave!
          The Minstrel. Book ii. Stanza 17.
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    At the close of the day when the hamlet is still,
And mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove,
When naught but the torrent is heard on the hill,
And naught but the nightingale’s song in the grove.
          The Hermit.
4590
    He thought as a sage, though he felt as a man.
          The Hermit.
4591
    But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn?
Oh when shall it dawn on the night of the grave?
          The Hermit.
4592
    By the glare of false science betray’d,
That leads to bewilder, and dazzles to blind.
          The Hermit.
4593
    And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
          The Hermit.