Footnotes
[605:1] Socrates said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.—Plutarch: On Banishment.
Diogenes, when asked from what country he came, replied, "I am a citizen of the world."—Diogenes Laertius.
My country is the world, and my religion is to do good.—Thomas Paine: Rights of Man, chap. v.
[605:2] We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement.—Isaiah xxviii. 15.
MARY HOWITT. 1804-1888.
Old England is our home, and Englishmen are we;
Our tongue is known in every clime, our flag in every sea.
Old England is our Home.
"Will you walk into my parlour?" said a spider to a fly;
"'T is the prettiest little parlour that ever you did spy."
The Spider and the Fly.
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SARAH FLOWER ADAMS. 1805-1848.
Nearer, my God, to Thee!
Nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross
That raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be,
Nearer, my God, to Thee!
Nearer to Thee!
EDWARD BULWER LYTTON. 1805-1873.
Curse away!
And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb
The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens,
And still come home to roost."
The Lady of Lyons. Act v. Sc. 2.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.[606:1]
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Take away the sword;
States can be saved without it.
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As "fail."
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of debate![606:2]
The New Timon. (1846.) Part i.
Alone!—that worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word Alone!
The New Timon. (1846.) Part ii.
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When stars are in the quiet skies,
Then most I pine for thee;
Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea.
When Stars are in the quiet Skies.
Buy my flowers,—oh buy, I pray!
The blind girl comes from afar.
Buy my Flowers.
The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.
Night and Morning. Chap. vi.