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Sighs: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Sigh'd and look'd, and sigh'd again.— DRYDEN — Alexander's Feast. L. 120.

Implores the passing tribute of a sigh.— GRAY — Elegy in a Country Churchyard. St. 20.

To sigh, yet feel no pain.— MOORE — Songs from M. P.; or, The

Blue Stocking. My soul has rest, sweet sigh! alone in thee.— PETRARCH — To Laura in Death. Sonnet LIV. L. 14.

Yet sighes, deare sighes, indeede true friends you are That do not leave your left friend at the wurst, But, as you with my breast, I oft have nurst So, gratefull now, you waite upon my care.— SIR PHILIP SIDNEY — Sighes.

Sighs Which perfect Joy, perplexed for utterance, Stole from her sister Sorrow.— TENNYSON — The Gardener's Daughter. L. 249.