HEART.
Oh, the heart is a free and a fetterless thing,—
A wave of the ocean, a bird on the wing.
The Captive Greek Girl. J. PARDOE.
His heart was one of those which most enamor us,
Wax to receive, and marble to retain.
Beppo. LORD BYRON.
There is an evening twilight of the heart,
When its wild passion-waves are lulled to rest.
Twilight. F-G. HALLECK.
Worse than a bloody hand is a bloody heart.
The Cenci, Act v. Sc. 2. P.B. SHELLEY.
Who, for the poor renown of being smart,
Would leave a sting within a brother's heart?
Love of Fame, Satire II. DR. E. YOUNG.
Nor peace nor ease the heart can know,
Which, like the needle true,
Turns at the touch of joy or woe,
But, turning, trembles too.
A Prayer for Indifference. MRS. F.M. GREVILLE.
Here the heart
May give a useful lesson to the head,
And Learning wiser grow without his books.
The Task: Winter Walk at Noon. W. COWPER.
My heart
Is true as steel.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act ii. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.