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

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That I can raise.

Praise.

Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,

The bridal of the earth and sky.

Virtue.

Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses,

A box where sweets compacted lie.

Virtue.

Only a sweet and virtuous soul,

Like seasoned timber, never gives.