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

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest!— filed under Bravery

In numbers warmly pure, and sweetly strong.— filed under Character

Milton. P. 36. Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part, Nature in him was almost lost in art.— filed under Criticism

Other Poems. P. 125. In yonder grave a Druid lies.— filed under Gratitude

And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.— filed under Hope

But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!— filed under Hope

With eyes upraised, as one inspired, Pale Melancholy sate retired; And, from her wild, sequester'd seat, In notes by distance made more sweet, Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul.— filed under Melancholy

Minstrel's Songs. Each lonely scene shall thee restore; For thee the tear be duly shed; Belov'd till life can charm no more, And mourn'd till Pity's self be dead.— filed under Mourning

In hollow murmurs died away.— filed under Music

In notes by distance made more sweet. и.— filed under Music

When Music, heavenly maid, was young, While yet in early Greece she sung, The Passions oft, to hear her shell, Throng'd around her magic cell.— filed under Music

Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.— filed under Passion

How sleep the brave, who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest! * * * * * * By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung.— filed under Patriotism

Army Bill. 1813. Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind.— filed under Peace

Well may your heart believe the truths I tell ; 'Tis virtue makes the bliss, where'er we dwell.— filed under Virtue