“The early graced of Grecian song,
The fragrant myrtle tree;
For it doth speak of happy love,
The delicate, the true.”
Poetical Portrait I
The Venetian Bracelet (1829)
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Samuel Rutherford (1600–1661) Scottish Reformed theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 10.
“And ne'er did Grecian chisel trace
A Nymph, a Naiad, or a Grace
Of finer form or lovelier face.”
Walter Scott (1771–1832) Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet
Canto I, stanza 18. <br class="br"> The Lady of the Lake http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3011 (1810)
Francesco Petrarca Il Canzoniere
Canzon, s'uom trovi in suo amor viver queto,<br>di': Muor' mentre se' lieto,<br>ché morte al tempo è non duol, ma refugio;<br>et chi ben pò morir, non cerchi indugio. <br class="br">Canzone 331, st. 6 ( tr. A. S. Kline http://petrarch.petersadlon.com/canzoniere.html?poem=331) <br class="br">Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1802–1838) English poet and novelist
The Amulet, 1831 (1830), The Legacy
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