Edward Bulwer Lytton. 1805-1873.
Curse away!
And let me tell thee, Beausant, a wise proverb
The Arabs have,—"Curses are like young chickens,
And still come home to roost."
The Lady of Lyons. Act v. Sc. 2.
Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.[606:1]
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
Take away the sword;
States can be saved without it.
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
In the lexicon of youth, which fate reserves
For a bright manhood, there is no such word
As "fail."
Richelieu. Act ii. Sc. 2.
The brilliant chief, irregularly great,
Frank, haughty, rash,—the Rupert of debate![606:2]
The New Timon. (1846.) Part i.
Alone!—that worn-out word,
So idly spoken, and so coldly heard;
Yet all that poets sing and grief hath known
Of hopes laid waste, knells in that word Alone!
The New Timon. (1846.) Part ii.
[607]
When stars are in the quiet skies,
Then most I pine for thee;
Bend on me then thy tender eyes,
As stars look on the sea.
When Stars are in the quiet Skies.
Buy my flowers,—oh buy, I pray!
The blind girl comes from afar.
Buy my Flowers.
The man who smokes, thinks like a sage and acts like a Samaritan.
Night and Morning. Chap. vi.
Footnotes
[606:1] See Burton, page 189.
[606:2] In April, 1844, Mr. Disraeli thus alluded to Lord Stanley: "The noble lord is the Rupert of debate."