Book ii
. Line 72._
Words that weep and tears that speak.[262-2]
_The Prophet._
We griev'd, we sigh'd, we wept; we never blush'd before.
_Discourse concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell._
Thus would I double my life's fading space; For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.[262-3]
_Discourse xi. Of Myself. St. xi._
FOOTNOTES:
[260-1] For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, He can't be wrong whose life is in the right.
POPE: _Essay on Man, epilogue iii. line 303._
[261-1] One of our poets (which is it?) speaks of an everlasting now.--SOUTHEY: _The Doctor, chap. xxv. p. 1._
[261-2] Loose his beard and hoary hair Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air.
GRAY: _The Bard, i. 2._
[261-3] See Bacon, page 167.
[262-1] Ravish'd with the whistling of a name.--POPE: _Essay on Man, epistle iv. line 281._
[262-2] Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn.--GRAY: _Progress of Poesy, iii. 3, 4._
[262-3] For he lives twice who can at once employ The present well, and ev'n the past enjoy.
POPE: _Imitation of Martial._
RALPH VENNING. 1620(?)-1673.
All the beauty of the world, 't is but skin deep.[262-4]
_Orthodoxe Paradoxes._ (Third edition, 1650.) _The Triumph of Assurance, p. 41._
They spare the rod, and spoyle the child.[262-5]
_Mysteries and Revelations, p. 5._ (_1649._)
FOOTNOTES:
[262-4] Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colours that are but skin-deep.--HENRY: _Commentaries. Genesis iii._
[262-5] See Skelton, page 8.
ANDREW MARVELL. 1620-1678.
Orange bright, Like golden lamps in a green night.
_Bermudas._
And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time.
_Bermudas._
In busy companies of men.
_The Garden._ (Translated.)
Annihilating all that 's made To a green thought in a green shade.
_The Garden._ (Translated.)
The world in all doth but two nations bear,-- The good, the bad; and these mixed everywhere.
_The Loyal Scot._
The inglorious arts of peace.
_Upon Cromwell's return from Ireland._
He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene.
_Upon Cromwell's return from Ireland._
So much one man can do, That does both act and know.
_Upon Cromwell's return from Ireland._
To make a bank was a great plot of state; Invent a shovel, and be a magistrate.
_The Character of Holland._
JOSEPH HENSHAW.[263-1] ---- -1678.
Man's life is like unto a winter's day,-- Some break their fast and so depart away; Others stay dinner, then depart full fed; The longest age but sups and goes to bed. O reader, then behold and see! As we are now, so must you be.
_Horæ Sucissive_ (1631).
FOOTNOTES:
[263-1] Bishop of Peterborough, 1663.
HENRY VAUGHAN. 1621-1695.
But felt through all this fleshly dress Bright shoots of everlastingness.
_The Retreat._
I see them walking in an air of glory Whose light doth trample on my days,-- My days, which are at best but dull and hoary, Mere glimmering and decays.
_They are all gone._
Dear, beauteous death, the jewel of the just! Shining nowhere but in the dark; What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark!
_They are all gone._
And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
_They are all gone._
Then bless thy secret growth, nor catch At noise, but thrive unseen and dumb; Keep clean, be as fruit, earn life, and watch Till the white-wing'd reapers come!
_The Seed growing secretly._
ALGERNON SIDNEY. 1622-1683.
Manus haec inimica tyrannis Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem.[264-1]
_From the Life and Memoirs of Algernon Sidney._
Liars ought to have good memories.[264-2]
_Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xv._
Men lived like fishes; the great ones devoured the small.[264-3]
_Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xviii._
God helps those who help themselves.[265-1]
_Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii._
It is not necessary to light a candle to the sun.[265-2]
_Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii._
FOOTNOTES:
[264-1] His father writes to him, Aug. 30, 1660: "It is said that the University of Copenhagen brought their album unto you, desiring you to write something; and that you did _scribere in albo_ these words." It is said that the first line is to be found in the patent granted in 1616 by Camden (Clarencieux).--_Notes and Queries, March 10, 1866._
[264-2] He who has not a good memory should never take upon him the trade of lying.--MONTAIGNE: _Book i. chap. ix. Of Liars._
[264-3] See Shakespeare, page 161.
[265-1] See Herbert, page 206.
Heaven ne'er helps the man who will not act--SOPHOCLES: _Fragment 288_ (Plumptre's Translation).
Help thyself, Heaven will help thee.--LA FONTAINE: _Book vi. fable 18._
[265-2] Like his that lights a candle to the sun.--FLETCHER: _Letter to Sir Walter Aston._
And hold their farthing candle to the sun.--YOUNG: _Satire vii. line 56._
WILLIAM WALKER. 1623-1684.
Learn to read slow: all other graces Will follow in their proper places.[265-3]
_The Art of Reading._
FOOTNOTES:
[265-3] Take time enough; all other graces Will soon fill up their proper places.
BYROM: _Advice to preach slow._
JOHN BUNYAN. 1628-1688.
And so I penned It down, until at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness which you see.
_Pilgrim's Progress. Apology for his Book._
Some said, "John, print it;" others said, "Not so." Some said, "It might do good;" others said, "No."
_Pilgrim's Progress. Apology for his Book._
The name of the slough was Despond.
_Pilgrim's Progress. Part i ._
Every fat must stand upon his bottom.[265-4]
_Pilgrim's Progress. Part i ._
Dark as pitch.[265-5]
_Pilgrim's Progress. Part i ._
It beareth the name of Vanity Fair, because the town where 't is kept is lighter than vanity.
_Pilgrim's Progress. Part i ._
The palace Beautiful.
_Pilgrim's Progress. Part i ._
They came to the Delectable Mountains.
_Pilgrim's Progress.