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

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To a Young Lady. Dear Child of Nature.

But an old age serene and bright,

And lovely as a Lapland night,

Shall lead thee to thy grave.

To a Young Lady. Dear Child of Nature.

Where the statue stood

Of Newton, with his prism and silent face,

The marble index of a mind forever

Voyaging through strange seas of thought alone.

The Prelude. Book iii.