Chapter 51
JOHN NORRIS.
1657-1711.
_The Parting_.
How fading are the joys we dote upon!
Like apparitions seen and gone; But those which soonest take their flight Are the most exquisite and strong; Like angel's visits, short and bright, Mortality's too weak to bear them long.
NATHANIEL LEE.
1655-1692.
_Alexander the Great_.
Act i. Sc. 3.
Then he will talk--ye G.o.ds, how he will talk!
Act iv. Sc. 2.
When Greeks joined Greeks, then was the tug of war.
TOM BROWN.
--1704.
_Dialogues of the Dead_.
I do not love thee, Doctor Fell, The reason why I cannot tell; But this alone I know full well, I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.[7]
[Note 7: "Non amo te, Sabidi, nee possum dicere quare; Hoc tautum possum dicere, non amo te."
_Martial_, Ep. I. x.x.xiii.]
THOMAS SOUTHERN.
1659-1746.
_Oroonoka_.
Act ii. Sc. 1.
Pity's akin to love.
DANIEL DEFOE.
1661-1731.
_The True-Born Englishman_.
Part i. Line 1
Wherever G.o.d erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And 'twill be found upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation.
LOUIS THEOBALD.
1688-1744.
_The Double Falsehood_.
None but himself can be his parallel.
MATTHEW PRIOR.
1664-1721.