Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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=Garden.=
A garden, sir, Wherein all rainbowed flowers were heaped together. 785 CHARLES KINGSLEY: _Saint's Tragedy,_ Act v., Sc. 1. God the first garden made, and the first city, Cain. 786 COWLEY: _The Garden,_ Essay v. =Garret.= Born in the garret, in the kitchen bred. 787 BYRON: _A Sketch._ =Garrick.= Here lies David Garrick--describe him who can, An abridgment of all that was pleasant in man. As an actor, confess'd without rival to shine; As a wit, if not first, in the very first line; Yet, with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings--a dupe to his art. Like an ill-judging beauty, his colors he spread, And beplaster'd with rouge his own natural red. On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting: |
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