 but they are such liars, And take all colours — like the hands of dyers. LXXXVIII. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think ; 'Tis strange, the shortest...  The complete works of lord Byron, repr. from the last London ed., containing ... - Page 645by George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1837Full view - About this book
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1881 - 892 pages
...I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep ; There, swan-like, let me sing and die. Canto iii. St. 86. 16. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think Canto iii. St. 88. And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'T is that I may not weep. Don Juan. Canto iv.... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations, English - 1881 - 738 pages
...heaven's serencst snow, And all was brightness where they fell! Thvs. Moore. Churchill, Hosciad, 201. Words are things ; and a small drop of ink, Falling...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. Thy words had such a melting flow, Byron, DJ WOEDSWOETH. Pedlars, and boats, and waggons ! Oh yc shades... | |
 | James Gibson - 1881 - 366 pages
...firm friends, the same refreshment rich, And source of consolation." DR. DODD. " Books are strange things, and a small drop of ink Falling like dew,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." " Is'e hae books tho' I should sell my kye." BYROJT. RAMSAY. Kilmarnock: JAMES M'KiE. 1867. Photograph... | |
 | James Gibson - 1881 - 360 pages
...firm friends, the same refreshment rich, And source of consolation." DR. DODD. .' Books are strange things, and a small drop of ink Falling like dew,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think." BYROK. " Is'e hae books tho' I should sell my kye." RAMSAY. Kilmarnock: JAMES M'KiE. 1867. Photograph... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1881 - 680 pages
...others' feeling : but they are such liars, And take all colours—like the hands of dyers. wrong ; LXXXVIII. But words are things : and a small drop of ink, Falling, like dew, \ipon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, Instead of speech, may form... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Anna Lydia Ward - Quotations - 1882 - 926 pages
...direction, have great influence on the public mind. a. BURKE—Reflection on the "Revolution in France. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions think. b. BÏBON—Don Juan. Canto IH. St. 88. Dear authors! suit your topics to your And ponder well your... | |
 | H. Griffith - Apologetics - 1882 - 184 pages
...him.' ' Gwyr a wna Gwr yn Wrol Gwr a wna Gwyr yn ei ol!' Judges vi. 34. GRETO'R GLYN, AD 1459. ' For words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling,...That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think !' I. LORD BYRON. IT has been shown, that the first half of the seventeenth century witnessed the opening... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - American literature - 1858 - 888 pages
...sometimes do. The language of the poet, in all its force, falls below rather than exceeds the reality : " Words are things, and a small drop of Ink, Falling...shortest letter which man uses, Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages: to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper—even a rag like... | |
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