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Temp'rate in every place,--abroad, at home. Thence will applause, and hence will profit come; And health from either--he in time prepares For sickness, age, and their attendant cares. 1880 CRABBE: _The Borough,_ Letter xvii., Line 198.

=Tempests.=

The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes; And, by his hollow whistling in the leaves, Foretells a tempest and a blustering day. 1881 SHAKS.: _1 Henry IV.,_ Act v., Sc. 1.

Suddeine they see from midst of all the maine The surging waters like a mountaine rise, And the great sea puft up with proud disdaine, To swell above the measure of his guise, As threatning to devoure all that his powre despise. 1882 SPENSER: _Faerie Queene,_ Bk. ii., Canto xii., St. 21.

From cloud to cloud the rending lightnings rage; Till, in the furious elemental war Dissolv'd, the whole precipitated mass, Unbroken floods and solid torrents pours. 1883 THOMSON: _Seasons, Summer,_ Line 799.

The sky Is overcast, and musters muttering thunder, In clouds that seem approaching fast, and show In forked flashes a commanding tempest. 1884 BYRON: _Sardanapalus,_ Act ii., Sc. 1.

=Temptation.=

Oftentimes, to win us to our harm, The instruments of darkness tell us truths; Win us with honest trifles, to betray us In deepest consequence. 1885 SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

'Tis the temptation of the devil That makes all human actions evil; For saints may do the same things by The spirit, in sincerity, Which other men are tempted to, And at the devil's instance do: And yet the actions be contrary, Just as the saints and wicked vary. 1886 BUTLER: _Hudibras,_ Pt. ii., Canto ii., Line 233.

Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives whom we call dead. 1887 LONGFELLOW: _Resignation_

=Tenderness.=

Higher than the perfect song For which love longeth, Is the tender fear of wrong, That never wrongeth. 1888 BAYARD TAYLOR: _Improvisations,_ Pt. v.

=Tents.=

Shall fold their tents like the Arabs, And as silently steal away. 1889 LONGFELLOW: _The Day is Done._

=Terror.=

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats. 1890 SHAKS.: _Jul. Cæsar,_ Act iv., Sc. 3.

=Test.=

Bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word. 1891 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act iii., Sc. 4.

=Text.=

And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. 1892 GRAY: _Elegy,_ St. 21.

=Thankfulness.=

The poorest service is repaid with thanks. 1893 SHAKS.: _Tam. of the S.,_ Act iv., Sc. 3.

Thanks to men Of noble minds, is honorable meed. 1894 SHAKS.: _Titus And.,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

=Theatre.=

As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious. 1895 SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act v., Sc. 5.

=Thief.=

The robb'd that smiles, steals something from the thief. 1896 SHAKS.: _Othello,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

=Thirst.=

That panting thirst, which scorches in the breath Of those that die the soldier's fiery death, In vain impels the burning mouth to crave One drop--the last--to cool it for the grave. 1897 BYRON: _Lara,_ Canto ii., St. 16.

=Thorn.=

Why are we fond of toil and care? Why choose the rankling thorn to wear? 1898 J.M. USTERI: _Life let us Cherish._

=Thought.=

Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own. 1899 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

Thought alone is eternal. 1900 OWEN MEREDITH: _Lucile,_ Pt. ii., Canto v., St. 16.

No thought which ever stirred A human breast should be untold. 1901 ROBERT BROWNING: _Paracelsus,_ Sc. 2.

Thought leapt out to wed with Thought Ere Thought could wed itself with Speech. 1902 TENNYSON: _In Memoriam,_ Pt. xxiii., St. 4.

Thought is deeper than all speech, Feeling deeper than all thought; Souls to souls can never teach What unto themselves was taught. 1903 CHRISTOPHER P. CRANCH: _Stanzas._

=Thread.=

Sewing at once a double thread, A shroud as well as a shirt. 1904 HOOD: _Song of the Shirt._

=Threats.=

If thou more murmur'st, I will rend an oak, And peg thee in his knotty entrails, till Thou hast howl'd away twelve winters. 1905 SHAKS.: _Tempest,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

Back to thy punishment, False fugitive, and to thy speed add wings, Lest with a whip of scorpions I pursue Thy ling'ring. 1906 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. ii., Line 699.

=Thrift.=

Thrift, thrift, Horatio! the funeral baked meats Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables. 1907 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

=Throne.=

High on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind. 1908 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. ii., Line 1.

=Thunder.=

And threat'ning France, plac'd like a painted Jove, Kept idle thunder in his lifted hand. 1909 DRYDEN: _Annus Mirabilis,_ St. 39.

Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder. 1910 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iii., St. 92.

=Tide.=

Even at the turning o' the tide. 1911 SHAKS.: _Henry V.,_ Act ii., Sc. 3.

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. 1912 SHAKS.: _Jul. Cæsar,_ Act iv., Sc. 3.

=Time.=

I wasted time, and now doth time waste me. 1913 SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act v., Sc. 5.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. 1914 HERRICK: _To Virgins to Make Much of Time._

Threefold the stride of Time, from first to last! Loitering slow, the FUTURE creepeth-- Arrow-swift, the PRESENT sweepeth-- And motionless forever stands the PAST. 1915 SCHILLER: _Sentences of Confucius, Time._

=Tithes.=

This priest he merry is and blithe Three quarters of a year, But oh! it cuts him like a scythe, When tithing-time draws near. 1916 COWPER: _Yearly Distress,_ St. 2.

=Titles.=

We all are soldiers, and all venture lives; And where there is no difference in men's worth, Titles are jests. 1917 BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: _King or No King,_ Act i., Sc. 1.

Titles are marks of honest men and wise; The fool or knave that wears a title, lies. 1918 YOUNG: _Love of Fame,_ Satire i., Line 137.

=Toad.=

Squat like a toad, close at the ear of Eve. 1919 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. iv., Line 800.

=Tobacco.=

Sublime tobacco! which from east to west Cheers the tar's labor or the Turkman's rest. 1920 BYRON: _The Island,_ Canto ii., St. 19.

=To-day.=

Happy the man and happy he alone, He who can call to-day his own. 1921 DRYDEN: _Im. of Horace,_ Bk. iii., Ode 29, Line 65.

Our cares are all To-day, our joys are all To-day; And in one little word, our life, what is it but--To-day? 1922 TUPPER: _Proverbial Phil. of To-day_

=Toil.=

No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil. 1923 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: _A Glance Behind the Curtain._

_Tomb._

E'en from the tomb the voice of nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. 1924 GRAY: _Elegy,_ St. 23.

=To-morrow.=

To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. 1925 SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act v., Sc. 5.

Defer not till to-morrow to be wise, To-morrow's sun on thee may never rise. 1926 CONGREVE: _Letter to Cobham._

To-morrow comes and we are where? Then let us live to-day. 1927 SCHILLER: _The Victory Feast,_ St. 13.

Where art thou, beloved To-morrow? Whom young and old, and strong and weak, Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow, Thy sweet smiles we ever seek-- In thy place--ah! well-a-day! We find the thing we fled--To-day. 1928 SHELLEY: _To-morrow._

=Tongue.=

While thou livest, keep a good tongue in thy head. 1929 SHAKS.: _Tempest,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee Where thrift may follow fawning. 1930 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

Sacred interpreter of human thought, How few respect or use thee as they ought! But all shall give account of every wrong, Who dare dishonor or defile the tongue. 1931 COWPER: _Conversation,_ Line 23.

=Tools.=

For all a rhetorician's rules Teach nothing but to name his tools. 1932 BUTLER: _Hudibras,_ Pt. i., Canto i., Line 89.

=Toothache.=

There was never yet philosopher That could endure the toothache patiently. 1933 SHAKS.: _Much Ado,_ Act v., Sc. 1.

=Torrent.=

So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more. 1934 GOLDSMITH: _Traveller,_ Line 217.

=Torture.=

The hell of waters! where they howl and hiss, And boil in endless torture. 1935 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 69.

=Towers.=

Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees. 1936 MILTON: _L'Allegro,_ Line 75.

=Town.=

God made the country, and man made the town. 1937 COWPER: _Task,_ Bk i., Line 749.

=Toys.=

Seeks painted trifles and fantastic toys, And eagerly pursues imaginary joys. 1938 AKENSIDE: _Virtuoso,_ St. 10.

=Trade.=

But times are alter'd; trade's unfeeling train Usurp the land, and dispossess the swain; Along the lawn, where scatter'd hamlets rose, Unwieldy wealth and cumbrous pomp repose. 1939 GOLDSMITH: _Des. Village,_ Line 63.

Trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay. 1940 DR. JOHNSON: _Line added to Goldsmith's Des. Village._

=Tranquillity.=

Like ships that have gone down at sea When heaven was all tranquillity. 1941 MOORE: _Lalla Rookh, The Light of the Harem._

=Traveller--Travelling.=

Now spurs the lated traveller apace To gain the timely inn. 1942 SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act iii., Sc. 3.

When I was at home, I was in a better place; But travellers must be content. 1943 SHAKS.: _As You Like It,_ Act ii., Sc. 4.

In travelling I shape myself betimes to idleness And take fools' pleasures.... 1944 GEORGE ELIOT: _Spanish Gypsy,_ Bk. i.

=Treason.=

Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. 1945 SHAKS.: _Jul. Cæsar,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

So Judas kiss'd his master, And cried--All hail! when as he meant--all harm. 1946 SHAKS.: _3 Henry VI.,_ Act v., Sc. 7.

Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason? Why, if it prosper, none dare call it treason. 1947 SIR JOHN HARRINGTON: _Epigrams,_ Bk. iv., Epigram 5.

Treason is not own'd when 'tis descried; Successful crimes alone are justified. 1948 DRYDEN: _Medals,_ Line 207.

=Treasure.=

The unsunn'd heaps Of miser's treasure. 1949 MILTON: _Comus,_ Line 398.

=Trees.=

Trees can smile in light at the sinking sun Just as the storm comes, as a girl would look On a departing lover--most serene. 1950 ROBERT BROWNING: _Pauline,_ Line 726.

The groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them. 1951 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: _Forest Hymn._

Sure thou didst flourish once! and many springs, Many bright mornings, much dew, many showers, Passed o'er thy head; many light hearts and wings, Which now are dead, lodg'd in thy living bowers. 1952 HENRY VAUGHAN: _The Timber._

A brotherhood of venerable trees. 1953 WORDSWORTH: _Sonnet composed at ---- Castle._

=Trial.=

We learn through trial. 1954 MARGARET J. PRESTON: _Attainment,_ St. 7.

=Trifles.=

Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. 1955 HANNAH MORE: _Sensibility._

Think nought a trifle, though it small appear; Small sands the mountain, moments make the year; And trifles life. 1956 YOUNG: _Love of Fame,_ Satire vi., Line 193.

=Triumph.=

Why comes temptation, but for man to meet And master, and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph? 1957 ROBERT BROWNING: _The Ring and the Book,_ Line 1185.

=Trouble.=

Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 1958 SHAKS.: _Macbeth,_ Act iv., Sc. 1.

To be, or not to be: that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of troubles, And by opposing end them. 1959 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act iii., Sc. 1.

=Truth.=

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep. 1960 CHAUCER: _The Frankeleines Tale,_ Line 11789.

O, while you live, tell truth, and shame the devil. 1961 SHAKS.: _1 Henry IV.,_ Act iii., Sc. 1.

Truth crushed to earth shall rise again: The eternal years of God are hers. 1962 WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT: _The Battle-field._

Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie; A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby. 1963 HERBERT: _Temple, Church Porch,_ St. 13.

Truth has such a face and such a mien, As to be lov'd, needs only to be seen. 1964 DRYDEN: _Hind and Panther,_ Pt. i., Line 33.

He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. 1965 COWPER: _Task,_ Bk. v., Line 133.

Truth is one; And, in all lands beneath the sun, Whoso hath eyes to see may see The tokens of its unity. 1966 WHITTIER: _Miriam._

Truth is truth howe'er it strike. 1967 ROBERT BROWNING: _La Saisiaz,_ Line 198.

I love truth: truth's no cleaner thing than love. 1968 MRS. BROWNING: _Aurora Leigh,_ Bk. iii., Line 735.

Beauty is truth, truth beauty,--that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know. 1969 KEATS: _Ode on a Grecian Urn._

Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne. 1970 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL: _Present Crisis,_ St. 8.

=Tulips.=

Then comes the tulip race, where beauty plays Her idle freaks; from family diffused To family, as flies the father-dust, The varied colors run; and while they break On the charmed eye, the exulting florist marks, With secret pride, the wonders of his hand. 1971 THOMSON: _Seasons, Spring,_ Line 539.

=Tune.=

Strange that a harp of thousand strings Should keep in tune so long! 1972 WATTS: _Hymns and Spiritual Songs,_ Bk. ii., Hymn 19.

=Turf.=

Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days! 1973 FITZ-GREENE HALLECK: _On Joseph Rodman Drake._

=Turk.=

Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne. 1974 POPE: _Prologue to the Satires,_ Line 197.

=Twilight.=

Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. 1975 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. iv., Line 598.

Peacefully The quiet stars came out, one after one; The holy twilight fell upon the sea, The summer day was done. 1976 CELIA THAXTER: _A Summer Day,_ St. 15

=Tyranny.=

'Tis time to fear, when tyrants seem to kiss. 1977 SHAKS.: _Pericles,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

'Twixt kings and tyrants there's this difference known-- Kings seek their subjects' good, tyrants their own. 1978 HERRICK: _Aph. Kings and Tyrants._

Think'st thou there is no tyranny but that Of blood and chains? 1979 BYRON: _Sardanapalus,_ Act i., Sc. 2.

==U.==

=Uncertainty.=

Oh, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day! 1980 SHAKS.: _Two Gent. of V.,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

=Unity.=

Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one. 1981 MARIA WHITE LOWELL: _Ingomar the Barbarian,_ Act ii.

=Unkindness.=

This was the most unkindest cut of all. 1982 SHAKS.: _Jul. Cæsar,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

=Use.=

These things are beyond all use, And I do fear them. 1983 SHAKS.: _Jul. Cæsar,_ Act ii., Sc. 2.

==V.==

=Vacuity.=

He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. 1984 DRYDEN: _Cym. and Iph.,_ Line 84.

=Valentine.=

Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say, Birds choose their mates, and couple too, this day; But by their flight I never can divine When I shall couple with my Valentine. 1985 HERRICK: _Aph. To His Valentine._

=Valor.=

Fear to do base unworthy things is valor; If they be done to us, to suffer them, Is valor too. 1986 BEN JONSON: _New Inn,_ Act iv., Sc. 3.

=Vanity.=

Light vanity, insatiate cormorant Consuming means, soon preys upon itself. 1987 SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act ii., Sc. 1.

What dotage will not Vanity maintain? What web too weak to catch a modern brain? 1988 COWPER: _Expostulation,_ Line 630.

=Vapor.=

A wing vapor melting in a tear. 1989 POPE: _Odyssey,_ Bk. xix., Line 143.

=Variety.=

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor. 1990 COWPER: _Task,_ Bk. ii., Line 606.

=Vault.=

Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright. 1991 SHELLEY: _Queen Mab._

=Vengeance.=

In high vengeance there is noble scorn. 1992 GEORGE ELIOT: _Spanish Gypsy,_ Bk. iv.

=Venice.=

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand. 1993 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 1.

In Venice, Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier. 1994 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 3.

=Venus.=

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise. 1995 POPE: _Wife of Bath, Her Prologue,_ Line 369.

=Verse.=

Whoe'er offends at some unlucky time Slides into verse, and hitches in a rhyme. 1996 POPE: Satire i., Bk. ii., Line 76.

Verse sweetens toil, however rude the sound; She feels no biting pang the while she sings. 1997 RICHARD GIFFORD: _Contemplation._

=Vice.=

There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts. 1998 SHAKS.: _M. of Venice,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

I hate when vice can bolt her arguments, And virtue has no tongue to check her pride. 1999 MILTON: _Comus,_ Line 760.

Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace. 2000 POPE: _Essay on Man,_ Epis. ii., Line 217.

=Victory.=

Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, And we are grac'd with wreaths of victory. 2001 SHAKS.: _3 Henry VI.,_ Act v., Sc. 3.

"But what good came of it at last?" Quoth little Peterkin. "Why, that I cannot tell," said he; "But 'twas a famous victory." 2002 ROBERT SOUTHEY: _Battle of Blenheim._

=Village.=

Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain. 2003 GOLDSMITH: _Des. Village._

Suburban villas, highway-side retreats, That dread th' encroachment of our growing streets, Tight boxes neatly sash'd, and in a blaze With all a July sun's collected rays, Delight the citizen, who gasping there, Breathes clouds of dust, and calls it country air. 2004 COWPER: _Retirement,_ Line 481.

=Villain.=

Which is the villain? Let me see his eyes; That when I note another man like him I may avoid him. 2005 SHAKS.: _Much Ado,_ Act v., Sc. 1.

=Vine.=

Come, thou monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus with pink eyne! 2006 SHAKS.: _Ant. and Cleo.,_ Act ii., Sc. 7.

=Violet.=

A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye; Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. 2007 WORDSWORTH: _She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways._

Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken. 2008 SHELLEY: _Music, When Soft Voices Die._

What thought is folded in thy leaves! What tender thought, what speechless pain! I hold thy faded lips to mine, Thou darling of the April rain! 2009 THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH: _The Faded Violet._

=Virtue.=

Heaven doth with us, as we with torches do; Not light them for themselves: for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 'twere all alike As if we had them not. 2010 SHAKS.: _M. for M.,_ Act i., Sc. 1.

Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water. 2011 SHAKS.: _Henry III.,_ Act iv., Sc. 2.

Assume a virtue if you have it not. 2012 SHAKS.: _Hamlet,_ Act iii., Sc. 4.

Virtue may be assail'd, but never hurt; Surpris'd by unjust force, but not enthrall'd; Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. 2013 MILTON: _Comus,_ Line 589.

Sometimes virtue starves while vice is fed, What then? Is the reward of virtue bread? 2014 POPE: _Essay on Man,_ Epis. iv., Line 149.

=Vision.=

And in clear dream and solemn vision Tell her of things that no gross ear can hear. 2015 MILTON: _Comus,_ Line 453.

=Voice.=

Her voice was ever soft, Gentle, and low; an excellent thing in woman. 2016 SHAKS.: _King Lear,_ Act v., Sc. 3.

=Vows.=

Unheedful vows may needfully be broken. 2017 SHAKS.: _Two Gent. of V.,_ Act ii., Sc. 6.

It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whisper'd word. 2018 BYRON: _Parisina,_ St. 1.

==W.==

=Wagers.=

Quoth she, I've heard old cunning stagers Say fools for arguments use wagers. 2019 BUTLER: _Hudibras,_ Pt. ii., Canto i., Line 297.

=Walks.=

A pillar'd shade High overarch'd, and echoing walks between. 2020 MILTON: _Par. Lost,_ Bk. ix., Line 1106.

Whene'er I take my walks abroad, How many poor I see! 2021 WATTS: _Divine Songs,_ Song iv.

=War.=

O war, thou son of hell, Whom angry heav'ns do make their minister, Throw in the frozen bosoms of our part Hot coals of vengeance!--Let no soldier fly; He that is truly delicate to war Hath no self-love: nor he that loves himself. 2022 SHAKS.: _2 Henry VI.,_ Act v., Sc. 2.

Grim-visaged war hath smoothed his wrinkled front. 2023 SHAKS.: _Richard III.,_ Act i., Sc. 1.

War's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at. 2024 COWPER: _Task,_ Bk. v., Line 186.

War, war is still the cry, "War even to the knife!" 2025 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto i., St. 86.

War is a terrible trade; but in the cause that is righteous, Sweet is the smell of powder. 2026 LONGFELLOW: _Courtship of Miles Standish,_ Pt. iv., Line 135.

=Warning.=

Men that stumble at the threshold, Are well foretold that danger lurks within. 2027 SHAKS.: _3 Henry VI.,_ Act iv., Sc. 7.

=Warrior.=

But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. 2028 CHARLES WOLFE: _Burial of Sir John Moore._

=Washington.=

Washington's a watchword such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air. 2029 BYRON: _Age of Bronze,_ St. 5.

=Water.=

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep. 2030 SHAKS.: _2 Henry VI.,_ Act iii., Sc. 1.

Till taught by pain, Men really know not what good water's worth: If you had been in Turkey or in Spain, Or with a famish'd boat's crew had your berth, Or in the desert heard the camel's bell, You'd wish yourself where truth is--in a well. 2031 BYRON: _Don Juan,_ Canto ii., St. 84.

=Wave.=

So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore. 2032 MRS. BARBAULD: _Death of the Virtuous._

A life on the ocean wave! A home on the rolling deep, Where the scattered waters rave, And the winds their revels keep! 2033 EPES SARGENT: _Life On the Ocean Wave._

=Way.=

Like one that had been led astray Through the heav'n's wide, pathless way. 2034 MILTON: _Il Penseroso,_ Line 65.

=Weakness.=

If weakness may excuse, What murderer, what traitor, parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it? All wickedness is weakness; that plea, therefore, With God or man will gain thee no remission. 2035 MILTON: _Sam. Agonistes,_ Line 831.

=Wealth.=

If thou art rich, thou art poor; For, like an ass, whose back with ingots bows, Thou bearest thy heavy riches but a journey, And death unloads thee. 2036 SHAKS.: _M. for M.,_ Act iii., Sc. 1.

To purchase heaven, has gold the power? Can gold remove the mortal hour? In life, can love be bought with gold? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold? 2037 DR. JOHNSON: _To a Friend._

=Weeds.=

Have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern god of sea. 2038 MILTON: _Tr. of Horace,_ Bk. i., Ode 5.

=Welcome.=