The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘The Azalea’ in ‘The Unknown Eros’ (1877) bk. 1
With all my will, but much against my heart,
We two now part.
My Very Dear,
Our solace is, the sad road lies so clear.
It needs no art,
With faint, averted feet
And many a tear,
In our opposed paths to persevere.
‘A Farewell’ in ‘The Unknown Eros’ (1877) bk. 1
He that but once too nearly hears
The music of forfended spheres
Is thenceforth lonely, and for all
His days as one who treads the Wall
Of China, and, on this hand, sees
Cities and their civilities
And, on the other, lions.
‘From Mrs. Graham’ in ‘The Victories of Love’ bk. 1
4.23 Alan Paton 1903—
Cry, the beloved country.
Title of novel (1948)
4.24 Mark Pattison 1813-84
In research the horizon recedes as we advance, and is no nearer at sixty than it was at twenty.
As the power of endurance weakens with age, the urgency of the pursuit grows more intense...
And research is always incomplete.
‘Isaac Casaubon’ (1875) ch. 10
4.25 Leslie Paul 1905—
Angry young man.
Title of book (1951)
4.26 James Payn 1830-98
I had never had a piece of toast
Particularly long and wide,
But fell upon the sanded floor,
And always on the buttered side.
‘Chambers’s Journal’ 2 February 1884.
4.27 J. H. Payne 1791-1852