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

Page 714

 
 
Robert Browning. (1812–1889) (continued)
 
7149
    Never the time and the place
And the loved one all together!
          Never the Time and the Place.
7150
    But little do or can the best of us:
  That little is achieved through Liberty.
          Why I am a Liberal.
7151
    There is no truer truth obtainable 1 
By Man than comes of music.
          Charles Avison.
 
Thomas Osborne Davis. (1813–1845)
 
7152
    Come in the evening, or come in the morning;
Come when you’re looked for, or come without warning.
          The Welcome.
7153
    The starlight of heaven above us shall quiver
As our souls flow in one down eternity’s river.
          The Welcome.
 
Epes Sargent. (1813–1881)
 
7154
    A life on the ocean wave!
  A home on the rolling deep,
Where the scattered waters rave,
  And the winds their revels keep!
Like an eagle caged I pine
  On this dull unchanging shore:
Oh give me the flashing brine,
  The spray and the tempest’s roar!
          A Life on the Ocean Wave.
7155
    The cold blast at the casement beats;
  The window-panes are white;
The snow whirls through the empty streets;
  It is a dreary night!
          The Heart’s Summer.
 
Note 1.
See Bailey, page 722: Music tells no truths. [back]