The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

‘A Grammarian’s Funeral’ (1855) l. 113
Lofty designs must close in like effects:
Loftily lying,
Leave him—still loftier than the world suspects,
Living and dying.
‘A Grammarian’s Funeral’ (1855) l. 145
The Lord will have mercy on Jacob yet,
And again in his border see Israel set.
‘Holy-Cross Day’ (1855) st. 13
We withstood Christ then? Be mindful how
At least we withstand Barabbas now!
‘Holy-Cross Day’ (1855) st. 18
Oh, to be in England
Now that April’s there,
And whoever wakes in England
Sees, some morning, unaware,
That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf
Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf,
While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough
In England—now!
‘Home-Thoughts, from Abroad’ (1845)
That’s the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over,
Lest you should think he never could recapture
The first fine careless rapture!
‘Home-Thoughts, from Abroad’ (1845)
Nobly, nobly Cape Saint Vincent to the North-west died away;
Sunset ran, one glorious blood-red, reeking into Cadiz Bay.
‘Home-Thoughts, from the Sea’ (1845)
‘Here and here did England help me: how can I help England?’—say,
Whoso turns as I, this evening, turn to God to praise and pray,
While Jove’s planet rises yonder, silent over Africa.
‘Home-Thoughts, from the Sea’ (1845)
‘With this same key
Shakespeare unlocked his heart,’ once more!
Did Shakespeare? If so, the less Shakespeare he!
‘House’ (1876).
I sprang to the stirrup, and Joris, and he;
I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three.
‘How they brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix’ (1845) l. 1
A man can have but one life and one death,