The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

The blood-red blossom of war with a heart of fire.
‘Maud’ (1855) pt. 3, sect. 6, st. 4
It is better to fight for the good, than to rail at the ill;
I have felt with my native land, I am one with my kind,
I embrace the purpose of God, and the doom assigned.
‘Maud’ (1855) pt. 3, sect. 6, st. 5
You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear;
Tomorrow ’ill be the happiest time of all the glad New-year;
Of all the glad New-year, mother, the maddest merriest day;
For I’m to be Queen o’ the May, mother, I’m to be Queen o’ the May.
‘The May Queen’ (1832)
Launch your vessel,
And crowd your canvas,
And, ere it vanishes
Over the margin,
After it, follow it,
Follow The Gleam.
‘Merlin and The Gleam’ (1889) st. 9
O mighty-mouthed inventor of harmonies,
O skilled to sing of time or eternity,
God-gifted organ-voice of England,
Milton, a name to resound for ages.
‘Milton: Alcaics’ (1863)
All that bowery loneliness,
The brooks of Eden mazily murmuring.
‘Milton: Alcaics’ (1863)
But I knaw’d a Quaäker feller as often ’as towd ma this:
‘Doänt thou marry for munny, but goä wheer munny is!’
‘Northern Farmer. New Style’ (1869) st. 5
Taäke my word for it, Sammy, the poor in a loomp is bad.
‘Northern Farmer. New Style’ (1869) st. 12
The last great Englishman is low.
‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington’ (1852) st. 3
O good grey head which all men knew!
‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington’ (1852) st. 4
O fall’n at length that tower of strength
Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew!
‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington’ (1852) st. 4
That world-earthquake, Waterloo!
‘Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington’ (1852) st. 6