The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

Had she come all the way for this,
To part at last without a kiss?
Yea, had she borne the dirt and rain
That her own eyes might see him slain
Beside the haystack in the floods?
‘The Haystack in the Floods’ (1858) l. 1
And ever she sung from noon to noon,
‘Two red roses across the moon.’
‘Two Red Roses across the Moon’
Fellowship is heaven, and lack of fellowship is hell: fellowship is life, and lack of fellowship is
death: and the deeds that ye do upon the earth, it is for fellowship’s sake that ye do them.
‘A Dream of John Ball’ (1888) ch. 4
Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
‘Hopes and Fears for Art’ (1882) ‘Making the Best of It’ (a paper read before the Trades’ Guild of Learning
and the Birmingham Society of Artists)
The reward of labour is life.
‘News from Nowhere’ (1891) ch. 15
1.177 Herbert Morrison (Baron Morrison of Lambeth) 1888-1965
Work is the call. Work at war speed. Good-night—and go to it.
Broadcast as Minister of Supply, 22 May 1940, in ‘Daily Herald’ 23 May 1940
1.178 Jim Morrison 1943-1971, Ray Manzarek 1935-, Robby Krieger 1946-, and John
Densmore 1945—
C’mon, baby, light my fire.
‘Light My Fire’ (1967 song); attributed to Robby Krieger in John Densmore ‘Riders on the Storm’ (1990) ch.
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1.179 R. F. Morrison
Just a wee deoch-an-doris,
Just a wee yin, that’s a’.
Just a wee deoch-an-doris,
Before we gang awa’.
There’s a wee wifie waitin’,
In a wee but-an-ben;
If you can say
‘It’s a braw bricht moonlicht nicht’,
Ye’re a’ richt, ye ken.
‘Just a Wee Deoch-an-Doris’ (1911 song); popularized by Harry Lauder
1.180 Dwight Morrow 1873-1931