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Merriment: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Slow sail'd the weary mariners and saw, Betwixt the green brink and the running foam, Sweet faces, rounded arms, and bosoms prest To little harps of gold; and while they mused Whispering to each other half in fear, Shrill music reach'd them on the middle sea.— TENNYSON — The Sea Fairies.
Who would be A mermaid fair, Singing alone, Combing her hair Under the sea, In a golden curl With a comb of pearl, On a throne? I would be a mermaid fair; I would sing to myself the whole of the day; With a comb of pearl I would comb my hair; And still as I comb I would sing and say, "Who is it loves me? who loves not me?"— TENNYSON — The Mermaid.
As Tammie glow'red, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious.— BURNS — Tam o' Shanter.
Go then merrily to Heaven.— BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. II. Sec. 3. Memb. 1.
The country hath his recreations, the city his several gymnics and exercises, May games, feasts, wakes and merry meetings to solace themselves.— BURTON — Anatomy of Melancholy. Pt. II. Sec. 2. Memb. 4.
A very merry, dancing, drinking, Laughing, quaffing, and unthinking time.— DRYDEN — The Secular Masque. L. 40.
There's not a string attuned to mirth But has its chord in melancholy.— HOOD — Ode to Melancholy.
Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.— MILTON — L'Allegro. L. 25.
Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreprov'd pleasures free. S.— MILTON — L'Allegro. L. 38.
Forward and frolic glee was there, The will to do, the soul to dare.— SCOTT — Lady of the Lake. Canto I. St. 21.
Where lives the man that has not tried, How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin! ScoTT-Bridal of Trierman. Canto I. St. 21. And frame your mind to mirth and merriment, Which bars a thousand harms and lengthens life. Taming of the Shrew. Induction. Sc. 2. L. 137. And, if you can be merry then, I'll say A man may weep upon his wedding day. Henry VIII. Prologue. L. 31. And let's be red with mirth.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 54.
As merry as the day is long.— Shakespeare — Much Ado About Nothing. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 45.
As 'tis ever common That men are merriest when they are from home.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 271.
Be large in mirth; anon we'll drink a measure The table round.— Shakespeare — Macbeth. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 11.
But a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal.— Shakespeare — Love's Labour's Lost. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 66.
Hostess, clap to the doors; watch to-night, pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads, boys, hearts of gold, all the titles of good fellowship come to you! What, shall we be merry? Shall we have a play extempore?— Shakespeare — Henry IV. Pt. I. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 305.
I am not merry; but I do beguile The thing I am by seeming otherwise.— Shakespeare — Othello. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 123.
I had rather have a fool to make me merry, than experience to make me sad.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 28.
Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a: A. merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act IV. Sc. 3. L. 132.
Merrily, merrily, shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.— Shakespeare — Tempest. Act V. Sc. 1. L. 93.
What should a man do but be merry?— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act III. Sc. 2. L. 131.