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

Desolate-Life is so dreary and desolate- Women and men in the crowd meet and mingle, Yet with itself every soul standeth single, Deep out of sympathy moaning its moan- Holding and having its brief exultation- Making its lonesome and low lamentation- Fighting its terrible conflicts alone.— filed under Desolation

The fisher droppeth his net in the stream, And a hundred streams are the same as one; And the maiden dreameth her love-lit dream; And what is it all, when all is done? The net of the fisher the burden breaks, And always the dreaming the dreamer wakes.— filed under Dreams

The berries of the brier rose Have lost their rounded pride : The bitter-sweet chrysanthemums Are drooping heavy-eyed.— filed under Flirting

The milk-white lilies, That lean from the fragrant ledge.— filed under Flowers-Lily

Portuguese. XLIV. Sometimes I choose the lily, without stain; The royal rose sometimes the best I call; Then the low daisy, dancing with the rain, Doth seem to me the finest flower of all; And yet if only one could bloom for me- I know right well what flower that one would be!— filed under Flowers-Rose

The violets golden That sprinkle the vale below.— filed under Flowers-Violet

Life of Scott. How many lives we live in one, And how much less than one, in all.— filed under Life

With hand on the spade and heart in the sky Dress the ground and till it; Turn in the little seed, brown and dry, Turn out the golden millet. Work, and your house shall be duly fed : Work, and rest shall be won; I hold that a man had better be dead Than alive when his work is done.— filed under Work