| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| Sir Edmund William Gosse. (1849–1928) |
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| 1 | | The wizard silence of the hours of dew. |
| The white Throat. |
| 2 | Canst thou not wait for Love one flying hour
O heart of little faith? |
| Sonnet. Dejection and Delay. |
| 3 | The Past is like a funeral gone by,
The Future comes like an unwelcome guest. |
| Sonnet. May-Day. |
| 4 | | Where are the cities of old time? |
| The Ballade of dead Cities. |
| 5 | If I could read you like a book
Or like a wizard’s glass of old
I might discover why you look so cold. |
| The Cast. |
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