Thomas Haynes Bayly citations (19 citations)

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“Absence makes the heart grow fonder:
Isle of Beauty, fare thee well!”

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Isle of Beauty, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I find that absence still increases love", Charles Hopkins, To C. C.; "Distance sometimes endears friendship, and absence sweeteneth it", Howell, Familiar Letters, book i. sect. i. No. 6.

“I'd be a butterfly born in a bower,
Where roses and lilies and violets meet.”

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I'd be a Butterfly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Tell me the tales that to me were so dear,
Long, long ago, long, long ago.”

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Long, long ago, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Fear not, but trust in Providence,
Wherever thou may'st be.”

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The Pilot, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“We met,—'t was in a crowd.”

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We met, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Parodied by Thomas Hood: We met,—'t was in a mob.

“She wore a wreath of roses
The first night that we met.”

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She wore a Wreath, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Oh no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word.”

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Oh no! we never mention her, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Variant: "Oh, no, we never mention him".
Psychæ; or, Songs on butterflies &c http://books.google.com/books?id=M2IIAAAAQAAJ&q=%22Oh+no+we+never+mention+her+Her+name+is+never+heard+My+lips+are+now+forbid+to+speak+That+once+familiar+word%22&pg=PA20#v=onepage (1828).

“The rose that all are praising
Is not the rose for me.”

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The Rose that all are praising, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Gayly the troubadour
Touched his guitar.”

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Welcome me Home, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Friends depart, and memory takes them
To her caverns, pure and deep.”

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Teach me to forget, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Why don't the men propose, Mamma?
Why don't the men propose?”

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Why don't the Men propose?, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Those that have wealth must be watchful and wary,
Power, alas! naught but misery brings!”

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I'd be a Butterfly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Surely 't is better, when summer is over
To die when all fair things are fading away.”

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I'd be a Butterfly, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
And many friends I've met;
Not one fair scene or kindly smile
Can this fond heart forget.”

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Oh, steer my Bark to Erin's Isle, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“I've now got the music book ready,
Do sit up and sing like a lady
A recitative from Tancredi,
And something about "Palpiti!"
Sing forte when first you begin it,
Piano the very next minute,
They'll cry "What expression there's in it!"”

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Don't sing English ballads to me!
Don't Sing English Ballads to Me; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 56.

“Oh pilot, 't is a fearful night!
There's danger on the deep.”

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The Pilot, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“My fond affection thou hast seen,
Then judge of my regret
To think more happy thou hadst been
If we had never met.”

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To my Wife, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“The mistletoe hung in the castle hall,
The holly-branch shone on the old oak wall.”

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The Mistletoe Bough, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

“I'm saddest when I sing.”

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You think I have a merry heart, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). Compare: "I can’t sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am", Artemus Ward, Lecture.