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

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Lucy Gray. Stanza 2.

A youth to whom was given

So much of earth, so much of heaven.

Ruth.

Until a man might travel twelve stout miles,

Or reap an acre of his neighbor's corn.

The Brothers.

Something between a hindrance and a help.

Michael.

Drink, pretty creature, drink!