Chapter TASTE to TEAR of Index by Grocott's Quotations - Alpha

TU DOCES.—“Thou tea-chest.” A punning motto, said to have been placed by a facetious Cantab on his tea-caddy.

Riley’s Dict. Class. Quot. 465.

TEACH.—Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain;
Teach him that states, of native strength possest,
Though very poor, may still be very blest.

Goldsmith.—Deserted Village, Line 424.

Father of light and life! thou God Supreme!
O, teach me what is good! teach me thyself!
Save me from folly, vanity, and vice,
From every low pursuit! and feed my soul
With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure,
Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss!

Thomson.—Winter.

TEAR.—A tear so limpid and so meek,
It would not stain an angel’s cheek;
’Tis that which pious fathers shed
Upon a duteous daughter’s head!

Scott.—Lady of the Lake, Canto II. Stanza 22.

The tear down childhood’s cheek that flows,
Is like the dewdrop on the rose;
When next the summer breeze comes by,
And waves the bush, the flower is dry.

Scott.—Rokeby, Canto IV. Stanza 11.

Oh! too convincing—dangerously dear—
In woman’s eye the unanswerable tear!
That weapon of her weakness she can wield,
To save, subdue—at once her spear and shield.

Byron.—The Corsair, Canto II. Stanza 15.

TEAR.—What lost a world, and bade a hero fly?
The timid tear in Cleopatra’s eye.

Byron.—The Corsair, Canto II. Stanza 15.

So bright the tear in beauty’s eye,
Love half regrets to kiss it dry;
So sweet the blush of bashfulness,
Ev’n pity scarce can wish it less.

Byron.—The Bride of Abydos, Canto I. Stanza 8.

None are so desolate but something dear,
Dearer than self, possesses or possess’d
A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.

Byron.—Childe Harold, Canto II. Stanza 24.

My father, when our fortune smil’d,
With jewels deck’d his eyeless child;
Their glittering worth the world might see,
But, ah! they had no charms for me;
A trickling tear bedew’d my arm—
I felt it—and my heart was warm;
And sure the gem to me most dear,
Was a kind father’s pitying tear.

Collett’s Relics of Lit.67.