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

now Leaves his Watery Nest Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place- O, to abide in the desert with thee!— filed under Birds-Lark

The daisy is fair, the day-lily rare, The bud o' the rose as sweet as it's bonnie.— filed under Flirting

What are the flowers of Scotland, All others that excel? The lovely flowers of Scotland, All others that excel! The thistle's purple bonnet, And bonny heather bell, Oh, they're the flowers of Scotland All others that excel!— filed under Flirting

Thistle. Cnicus. Up wi' the flowers o' Scotland, The emblems o' the free, Their guardians for a thousand years, Their guardians still we'll be. A foe had better brave the de'il Within his reeky cell, Than our thistle's purple bonnet, Or bonny heather bell.— filed under Flowers-Thorn

Long. O, love, love, love! Love is like a dizziness; It winna let a poor body Gang about his biziness! C.— filed under Love

That undefined and mingled hum, Voice of the desert never dumb!— filed under Nature

Oh, why should vows so fondly made, Be broken ere the morrow, To one who loves as never maid Loved in this world of sorrow?— filed under Sorrow