The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations Preface

And nestlings fly:
And the little brown nightingale bills his best,
And they sit outside at ‘The Travellers’ Rest’,
And maids come forth sprig-muslin drest,
And citizens dream of the south and west,
And so do I.
‘Weathers’ (1922)
And meadow rivulets overflow,
And drops on gate-bars hang in a row,
And rooks in families homeward go,
And so do I.
‘Weathers’ (1922)
8.38 Julius Hare 1795-1855 and Augustus Hare 1792-1834
The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.
‘Guesses at Truth’ (1827) series 1, p. 8
Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one’s horse as he is leaping.
‘Guesses at Truth’ (1827) series 1, p. 137
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.
‘Guesses at Truth’ (3rd ed., 1847) series 1, p. 339
8.39 Maurice Evan Hare 1886-1967
There once was an old man who said, ‘Damn!
It is borne in upon me I am
An engine that moves
In determinate grooves,
I’m not even a bus, I’m a tram.’
‘Limerick’ (1905)
8.40 W. F. Hargreaves 1846-1919
I’m Burlington Bertie
I rise at ten thirty and saunter along like a toff,
I walk down the Strand with my gloves on my hand,
Then I walk down again with them off.
‘Burlington Bertie from Bow’ (1915 song)
I acted so tragic the house rose like magic,
The audience yelled ‘You’re sublime.’
They made me a present of Mornington Crescent
They threw it a brick at a time.
‘The Night I Appeared as Macbeth’ (1922 song)