| 7 Famous Quotes by William Collins
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“How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
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By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung.”
Soldiers Quotes Source: Ode, written in 1746
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“How sleep the brave, who sink to rest,
By all their country's wishes blest!
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By fairy hands their knell is rung,
By forms unseen their dirge is sung.”
Bravery Quotes Source: Ode, written in 1746
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“But thou, O hope, with eyes so fair,
What was thy delighted measure?
Still it whisper'd promised pleasure,
And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail!”
Hope Quotes Source: Ode on the Passions (l. 29)
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“And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.”
Hope Quotes Source: Ode on the Passions (l. 3)
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“Too nicely Jonson knew the critic's part,
Nature in him was almost lost in art.”
Criticism Quotes Source: Epistle to Sir Thomas Hanmer on his Edition of Shakespeare
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“The redbreast oft, at evening hours,
Shall kindly lend his little aid,
With hoary moss, and gathered flowers,
To deck the ground where thou art laid.”
Robins Quotes Source: Odes--Dirge in Cymbeline
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“Filled with fury, rapt, inspir'd.”
Passion Quotes Source: The Passions (l. 10)
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William Collins Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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