"But Thee, but Thee, O sovereign Seer of time, O all men's Priest, Comrade, Servant, King, Oh, what amiss may I forgive in Thee, Jesus, good Paragon, thou Crystal Christ?" or Sidney Lanier: The Crystal. Despair; see Courage and Hope. O! that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God! O God! Shakespeare: Hamlet. Beware of desperate steps!-the darkest day, Cowper: Needless Alarm. Farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear; Milton: Paradise Lost. Despair defies even despotism; there is That in my heart would make its way thro' hosts With levell'd spears. Byron: Two Foscari. I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless,- Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air Of shrieking and reproach. Full desertness, Dreams. Elizabeth B. Browning: Grief. I talk of dreams Which are the children of an idle brain, Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet. Dreams are but interludes which fancy makes. One of those passing rainbow dreams, Moore: Lalla Rookh. Dreams in their development have breath, Byron: Dream. How sweet it were, hearing the downward stream, Falling asleep in a half-dream! To dream and dream. Tennyson: The Lotus-Eaters. How eagerly I sought to strike Into that wondrous track of dreams again! But no two dreams are like. Tennyson: A Dream of Fair Women. Dress. The fashion wears out more apparel than the man. Our purses shall be proud, our garments poor, Shakespeare: Taming of the Shrew. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden gray, and a' that? Gie fools their silk, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that. Burns. We sacrifice to dress, till household joys Cowper: Task. Duty. Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty? Anna Katharine Green: On the Threshold. Stern Daughter of the Voice of God! O Duty! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod From vain temptations dost set free; And calmst the weary strife of frail humanity! Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through thee, are fresh and strong. Wordsworth: Ode to Duty. The longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men The more we feel the high, stern-featured beauty Of plain devotedness to duty. Steadfast and still, nor paid with mortal praise, For life's ungarlanded expense In work done squarely and unwasted days. Education; see Knowledge. Learning by study must be won; 'Twas ne'er entail'd from son to son. Lowell. Gay: Fables. 'Tis education forms the common mind; Pope: Moral Essays. A little learning is a dangerous thing, Pope: Essay on Criticism. Eloquence; see Argument and Oratory. Aged ears play truant at his tales, Shakespeare: Love's Labor 's Lost. Oft the hours From morn to eve have stol'n unmark'd away, Akenside: Pleasures of Imagination. Verily, O man, with truth for thy theme, eloquence shall throne thee with archangels. Tupper: Proverbial Philosophy. Words are like leaves, and where they most abound, Pope: Essay on Criticism. Envy; see Charity and Jealousy. Base envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. Thomson: Seasons. Spring. To all apparent beauties blind, Each blemish strikes an envious mind. Gay: Fables, |