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Quotation by John Gay
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John Gay (30)Additional Sources
Acis and GalateaLockit, in The Beggar's OperaLucy, in The Beggar's OperaMacheath, in The Beggar's Opera (1728), ed. F.W. Bateson (1934)Matt of the Mint, in The Beggar's OperaRelated Subjects
love (40) women (39) death (17) aging (16) art (14) virtue (12) body (11) truth (11) artists (11) youth (10)
O ruddier than the cherry,
O sweeter than the berry,
O Nymph more bright
Than moonshine night,
Like kidlings blithe and merry.
Ripe as the melting cluster,
No lily has such lustre,
Yet hard to tame,
As raging flame,
And fierce as storms that bluster.
O sweeter than the berry,
O Nymph more bright
Than moonshine night,
Like kidlings blithe and merry.
Ripe as the melting cluster,
No lily has such lustre,
Yet hard to tame,
As raging flame,
And fierce as storms that bluster.
John Gay (1685–1732), British poet. Acis and Galatea (l. 1–10). . .
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.
New Oxford Book of English Verse, The, 1250–1950. Helen Gardner, ed. (1972) Oxford University Press.
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