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

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To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

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There 's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

Like the stain'd web that whitens in the sun,

Grow pure by being purely shone upon.

Lalla Rookh. The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan.

One morn a Peri at the gate

Of Eden stood disconsolate.