The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Topic

The Bible English language

Author

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Source

John Dryden Edinburgh Review

Medium

Essay Magazine

Language

English

Time

1828 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Historian Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Macaulay, Thomas Babington. "John Dryden." Edinburgh Review, Jan. 1828.

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There's not a string attuned to mirth
But has its chord in melancholy.

Thomas Hood

Ode to Melancholy

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Topic
Yin and yang Melancholy

Author

Thomas Hood
Source
Ode to Melancholy
Language
English
Time
1827 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode to Melancholy." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.