Chapter EARLY to EARTH of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

EARLY to EARTH

EARLY.—My only love sprung from my only hate!
Too early seen unknown, and known too late!

Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act I. Scene 5. (Juliet to her Nurse.)

I rise with the lark.

Anonymous.—The Maid of the Oaks, Act II. Scene 3.

Prevent your day at morning.

Ben Jonson.—The Alchemist, Act II. Scene 1.

I keep close to my business; this morning at my books before three.

Collet.—Relics of Lit., 245; Quoting Howard on Laz.

Awake before the sun is risen, I call for my pen and papers and desk.

Smart’s Horace.—Book II. Epi. I.

Thus we improve the pleasure of the day,
While tasteless mortals sleep their time away.

Mrs. Centlivre.—The Wonder, Act III. Scene 2.

EARN.—I earn that I eat, get that I wear; owe no man hate, envy no man’s happiness; glad of other men’s good, content with my harm.

Shakespeare.—As you Like it, Act III. Scene 2. (Corin to Touchstone.)

EARTH.—Lie lightly on my ashes, gentle earth.

Beaumont and Fletcher.—Bonduca, Act IV. Scene 3.

Earth, lie gently on their aged bones.

May.—The Old Couple, Act I.

And the green turf lie lightly on thy breast.

Pope.—Elegy on an Unfortunate Lady, Line 64.

EARTH.—Light lie the earth; and flourish green the bough.

Prior.—Ode to the Memory of Colonel Villiers, Line 88.

The earth, that’s nature’s mother, is his tomb.

Shakespeare.—Romeo and Juliet, Act II. Scene 3. (Friar Laurence.)

I speak of that learning which makes us acquainted with the boundless extent of nature, and the universe, and which even while we remain in this world, discovers to us both heaven, earth, and sea.

Cicero.—By Yonge, Tusculan Disp. Book V. Div. 36.

Earth, sea, and air.

Shakespeare.—Pericles, Act I. Scene 4. (Cleon.) Thomson.—Liberty, Part II.