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Quotes by Maria Brooks

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

Tomhanick. Another rose may bloom as sweet, Other magnolias ope in whiteness.— filed under Flirting

Blossoms, all around me sighing, Fragrance, from the lilies straying.— filed under Flowers-Kingcup

Niagara. "Niagara! wonder of this western world, And half the world beside! hail, beauteous queen Of cataracts!" An angel who had been O'er heaven and earth, spoke thus, his bright wings furled, And knelt to Nature first, on this wild cliff unseen.— filed under Rivers-Lee

Philadelphia. St. Lawrence. The first time I beheld thee, beauteous stream, How pure, how smooth, how broad thy bosom heav'd! What feelings rush'd upon my heart!-a gleam As of another life my kindling soul received.— filed under Rivers-Thames

Sandal. Magnolia. Magnolia. Fragrant o'er all the western groves The tall magnolia towers unshaded.— filed under Trees And Plants-Linden