Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The Seasons. Autumn. Line 204.

He saw her charming, but he saw not half

The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.

The Seasons. Autumn. Line 229.

For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh,

Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.

The Seasons. Autumn. Line 233.

See, Winter comes to rule the varied year.[356:2]

The Seasons. Winter. Line 1.

Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave.