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

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Wat ye how she cheated me,

As I came o'er the braes of Balloch?

Anne Grant (1755-1838): Roy's Wife.

Bounding billows, cease your motion,

Bear me not so swiftly o'er.

Mary Robinson (1758-1799): Bounding Billows.

While Thee I seek, protecting Power,

Be my vain wishes stilled;

And may this consecrated hour

With better hopes be filled.