"Chast" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... intrepidity, The shield of calm resistance to its power. It seem'd as if no anger e'er could dwell Within his bosom; no blind prejudice Distract his judgment; and no folly call For a reproof: as if Affection were Too soon allied to Thought, and tempered so His morning, that the ministry of Time, The chast'ning trial of Remorse and Grief, And of ...
— Vignettes in Verse • Matilda Betham
... woman than here sleeps, there's none, Sara, Rebecca, Rahel, three in one: Religious, pious, thrifty, wise, fayre, and chast: Soe many goods in one, ...
— Highways and Byways in Surrey • Eric Parker
... forest frowning o'er his head, And dear the green-sward to his velvet tread; Moves there a cloud o'er mid-day's flaming eye? 25 Upward he looks—and calls it luxury; Kind Nature's charities his steps attend, In every babbling brook he finds a friend, While chast'ning thoughts of sweetest use, bestow'd By Wisdom, moralize his pensive road. 30 Host of his welcome inn, the noon-tide bow'r, To his spare meal he calls the passing poor; He views the Sun uprear his golden fire, Or sink, ...
— The Poetical Works of William Wordsworth - Volume 1 of 8 • Edited by William Knight
... known for to be one, That is most Chast and pure; And so would be continually, But for such Jades as you are: You wash, you lick, you smug, you trick, You toss a twire a grin; You nod and wink, and in his Drink, You strive to draw him in: You Lie you Punck, ...
— Wit and Mirth: or Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol. 5 of 6 • Various
... not in hopeless grief, In tears we kiss the chast'ning rod, This sweet reflection brings relief, That all is good that comes ...
— The Poets and Poetry of Cecil County, Maryland • Various |
