Some novel power
Sprang up forever at a touch,
And hope could never hope too much,
In watching thee from hour to hour.
In Memoriam, CXI. A. TENNYSON.
A power is passing from the earth.
On the Expected Dissolution of Mr. Fox. W. WORDSWORTH.
He hath no power that hath not power to use.
Festus, Sc. A Visit. P.J. BAILEY.
PRAISE.
The love of praise, howe'er concealed by art,
Reigns more or less, and glows in every heart.
Love of Fame, Satire I. DR. E. YOUNG.
One good deed dying tongueless
Slaughters a thousand waiting upon that.
Our praises are our wages.
Winter's Tale, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
O Popular Applause! what heart of man
Is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
The Task, Bk. II. W. COWPER.
I would applaud thee to the very echo,
That should applaud again.
Macbeth, Act v. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
To things of sale a seller's praise belongs.
Love's Labor's Lost, Act iv. Sc. 3. SHAKESPEARE.
If matters not how false or forced,
So the best things be said o' the worst.
Hudibras, Pt. II. S. BUTLER.