The visions of my youth are past, Too bright, too beautiful to last. ——Bryant.
(We seldom err in the use of to and two; but in how many different ways may too properly be used?)
With kind words and kinder looks he bade me go my way. ——Whittier. (The a in bade is short.)
Then, as to greet the sunbeam's birth,
Rises the choral hymn of earth. ——Mrs. Hemans.
Come thou with me to the vineyards nigh,
And we'll pluck the grapes of the richest dye. ——Mrs. Hemans.
If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot. ——John A. Dix.
In all the trade of war, no feat
Is nobler than a brave retreat. ——Samuel Butler.
His form was bent, and his gait was slow,
His long thin hair was white as snow. ——George Arnold.
Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale,
Down which she so often has tripped with her pail.
——Wordsworth.
Like Aesop's fox when he had lost his tail, would have all his fellow-foxes cut off theirs. ——Robert Burton.