The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Every quotation a nineteenth-century speaker or writer might want, grouped under its subject, with the author, the date and the source given as exactly as Hoyt could manage.

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Quotes by Alexander Hume

2 quotations from The Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1896), with the subject each one is filed under.

The gloaming comes, the day is spent, The sun goes out of sight, And painted is the occident With purple sanguine bright.— filed under Twilight
All labourers draw hame at even, And can to others say, "Thanks to the gracious God of heaven, Whilk sent this summer day."— filed under Worship
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