John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
Thomas Parnell 1679-1718 John Bartlett
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| Still an angel appear to each lover beside, But still be a woman to you. |
| When thy Beauty appears. |
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| Remote from man, with God he passed the days; Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise. |
| The Hermit. Line 5. |
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| We call it only pretty Fanny’s way. |
| An Elegy to an Old Beauty. |
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| Let those love now who never loved before; Let those who always loved, now love the more. |
| Translation of the Pervigilium Veneris. 1 |
| Note 1. Written in the time of Julius Cæsar, and by some ascribed to Catullus: Cras amet qui numquam amavit; Quique amavit, cras amet (Let him love to-morrow who never loved before; and he as well who has loved, let him love to-morrow). [back] |