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

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Helen Maria Williams (1762-1827): Trust in Providence.

The glory dies not, and the grief is past.

Samuel Egerton Brydges (1762-1837): Sonnet on the Death of Sir Walter Scott.

Oh swiftly glides the bonnie boat,

Just parted from the shore,

And to the fisher's chorus-note

Soft moves the dipping oar.

Joanna Baillie (1762-1857): Oh swiftly glides the Bonnie Boat.

'T was whisper'd in heaven, 't was mutter'd in hell,

And echo caught faintly the sound as it fell;