The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

there. If they aren’t still there, he’s no longer a political leader.
In ‘New York Times’ 21 June 1965, p. 16
2.43 Jacques Barzun 1907—
If it were possible to talk to the unborn, one could never explain to them how it feels to be
alive, for life is washed in the speechless real.
‘The House of Intellect’ (1959) ch. 6
2.44 William Basse d. c.1653
The first men that our Saviour dear
Did choose to wait upon him here,
Blest fishers were; and fish the last
Food was, that he on earth did taste:
I therefore strive to follow those
Whom he to follow him hath chose.
‘The Angler’s Song’
Renownéd Spenser, lie a thought more nigh
To learnéd Chaucer, and rare Beaumont lie
A little nearer Spenser, to make more room
For Shakespeare, in your threefold, fourfold tomb.
‘On Mr Wm. Shakespeare’ (1633)
2.45 Thomas Bastard 1566-1618
Age is deformed, youth unkind,
We scorn their bodies, they our mind.
‘Chrestoleros’ (1598) bk. 7, epigram 9
2.46 Edgar Bateman and George Le Brunn
Wiv a ladder and some glasses,
You could see to ’Ackney Marshes,
If it wasn’t for the ’ouses in between.
‘If it wasn’t for the ‘Ouses in between’ (1894 song)
2.47 Katherine Lee Bates 1859-1929
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
‘America the Beautiful’ (1893)
2.48 Charles Baudelaire 1821-67