“Such cold mean flowers the spring puts forth betime,
Before the sun hath thoroughly heat the clime.”
Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) Anglo-American poet
Of the Four Ages of Man.
Source: The Giaour (1813), Line 1099.
“Such cold mean flowers the spring puts forth betime,
Before the sun hath thoroughly heat the clime.”
Anne Bradstreet (1612–1672) Anglo-American poet
Of the Four Ages of Man.
To Mike Wallace in an ABC-TV-interview in Los Angeles (May 18, 1957). Quoted in LA Times http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2007/05/cohen_talks.html (May 19, 1957).
Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate
To ———, after reading a Life and Letters, stanza 4, from Poems (1850)
“Cold approbation gave the ling'ring bays,
For those who durst not censure, scarce could praise.”
Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) English writer
Prologue at the Opening of Drury Lane Theatre (1747)
“Oh, call it by some better name,
For friendship sounds too cold.”
Thomas Moore (1779–1852) Irish poet, singer and songwriter
Ballads and Songs. Oh, Call It by Some Better Name, st. 1.
“The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love.”
Raymond Chandler book Farewell, My Lovely
Source: Farewell, My Lovely