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Quotes by S. Thomas Dunn English
Don't you remember sweet Alice, Ben Bolt? Sweet Alice, whose hair was so brown; Who wept with delight when you gave her a smile, And trembl'd with fear at your frown!— filed under Memory
When greater perils men environ, Then women show a front of iron; And, gentle in their manner, they Do bold things in a quiet way.— filed under Woman
O that a soldier so glorious, ever victorious in fight, Passed from a daylight of honor into the terrible night; Fell as the mighty archangel, ere the earth glowed in space, fell- Fell from the patriot's heaven down to the loyalist's hell!— filed under Treason
Hickory. Carya. Under the hickory-tree, Ben Bolt, Which stood at the foot of the hill, Together we've lain in the noonday shade, And listened to Appleton's mill. The mill-wheel has fallen to pieces, Ben Bolt, The rafters have tumbled in, And a quiet which crawls round the walls as you gaze Has followed the olden din.— filed under Trees And Plants-Chestnut
TREES AND PLANTS-OAK. 615 Maple. Acer. That was a day of delight and wonder. While lying the shade of the maple trees under- He felt the soft breeze at its frolicksome play; He smelled the sweet odor of newly mown hay.— filed under Trees And Plants-Linden