The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

(O filigree petal!)
Fashioned so purely,
Fragilely, surely,
From what Paradisal
Imagineless metal,
Too costly for cost?
‘To a Snowflake’ (1913)
Insculped and embossed,
With His hammer of wind,
And His graver of frost.
‘To a Snowflake’ (1913)
8.36 Hunter S. Thompson 1939—
Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.
Title of two articles in ‘Rolling Stone’ 11 and 25 Nov. 1971 (under the pseudonym ‘Raoul Duke’)
8.37 William Hepworth Thompson 1810-86
What time he can spare from the adornment of his person he devotes to the neglect of his
duties.
On Sir Richard Jebb, later Professor of Greek at Cambridge University, in M. R. Bobbit ‘With Dearest Love
to All’ (1960) ch. 7
8.38 James Thomson 1700-48
When Britain first, at heaven’s command,
Arose from out the azure main,
This was the charter of the land,
And guardian angels sung this strain:
‘Rule, Britannia, rule the waves;
Britons never will be slaves.’
‘Alfred: a Masque’ (1740) act 2, closing scene
A pleasing land of drowsyhead it was.
‘The Castle of Indolence’ (1748) canto 1, st. 6
A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard beseems
Who, void of envy, guile, and lust of gain,
On virtue still, and nature’s pleasing themes,
Poured forth his unpremeditating strain.
‘The Castle of Indolence’ (1748) canto 1, st. 68
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.
‘The Seasons’ (1728) ‘Spring’ l. 1152