WORSE. From good to bad, and from bad to worse,
From worse unto that is worst of all,

And then return to his former fall.

SPENSER.-The Shepherd's Calendar, Feb.
Line 12.

WORST.-Would Heaven this mourning were past!
One may have better luck at last;
Matters at worst are sure to mend,
The devil's wife was but a fiend.

PRIOR.-The Turtle and Sparrow, Line 414.

Things at the worst will cease, or else climb upward
To what they were before.

SHAKSPERE.-Macbeth, Act IV. Scene 2.
(Rosse to Lady Macduff)

His only solace was, that now,
His dog-bolt fortune was so low,
That either it must quickly end,
Or turn about again, and mend.

BUTLER.-Hudibras, Part II. Canto I. Line 39.

I wish thy lot, now bad, still worse my friend;
For when at worst, they say, things always mend.

COWPER.-Translation from Owen. To a Friend
in Distress.

WORTH.-I know my price; I am worth no worse a place.
SHAKSPERE.-Othello, Act I. Scene 1.
(Iago to Roderigo.)

This mournful truth is every where confess'd,
Slow rises worth, by poverty depress'd.

DR. JOHNSON.-London, Line 176.

And very wisely would lay forth

No more upon it than 'twas worth.

BUTLER.-Hudibras, Part I. Canto I. Line 491.

For what is worth in any thing,

But so much money as 'twill bring?

BUTLER.-Hudibras, Part II. Canto I. Line 465.

What's aught but as 'tis valued?

SHAKSPERE.-Troilus and Cressida, Act II.
Scene 2. (Troilus to Hector,)

WOUND.-Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike,
Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike.

POPE.-Epi. to Arbuthnot.

The private wound is deepest.

SHAKSPERE.-Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act V.
Scene 4. (Valentine to Proteus.)

WOUNDS.-When wounds are mortal they admit no cure.
POMFRET.-The Fortunate Complaint.

'Tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve.

SHAKSPERE.-Romeo and Juliet, Act III. Scene 1.
(Mercutio after being wounded by Tybalt.)

WREATH.-I sent thee late a rosy wreath,
Not so much honouring thee,
As giving it a hope that there
It could not wither'd be.

BEN JONSON.-A Song. "Drink to me only," &c.

WRECK.-The stars shall fade away, the sun himself
Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years;
But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth,
Unhurt amidst the war of elements,

The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
ADDISON. Cato, Act V. Scene 1.

WRETCHED.-The wretched have no friends.

DRYDEN.-All for Love, Act III. Scene 1.

WRITE. To be a well-favoured man is the gift of fortune; but to read and write comes by nature.

SHAKSPERE.-Much Ado About Nothing, Act III.
Scene 3. (Dogberry to second Watchman.)

Well, for your favour, sir, why, give God thanks, and make no boast of it; and, for your writing and reading, let that appear when there is no need of such vanity.

SHAKSPERE.-Much Ado About Nothing, Act III.
Scene 3. (Dogberry to Neighbour Seacoal.)

1. He can write and read, and cast accompt.

2. O monstrous !

1. We took him setting boys' copies.

2. Here's a villain.

SHAKSPERE.-King Henry VI. Part II. Act IV.
Scene 2. (Smith and Cade.)

WRITE.-Matter grows under our hands

Let no man say, "Come-I'll write a duodecimo."

STERNE. Tristram Shandy, Vol. V. Chap. XVI.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

ROGERS'S Italy.—A Character, Line 16.

And shame to write what all men blush to read.
COTTON.-To E. W., Line 10.

WRITING.

The world agrees

That he writes well who writes with ease.

PRIOR.-Epi. II. To F. Shephard.

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
POPE.-On Criticism, Line 362.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel,
Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.
BUCKINGHAM.-Essay on Poetry.

'Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill Appear in writing or in judging ill.

POPE.-On Criticism, Line 1.

Ten censure wrong for one who writes amiss.
POPE-Ibid. Line 6.

Both to the virtue due, which could excel
As much in writing, as in living well.

PRIOR.-TO Rev. Dr. Turner, Line 21.

WRONG.-You have a wrong sow by the ear.
BUTLER.-Hudibras, Part II. Canto III.

Brother, brother-we are both in the wrong.

GAY.-The Beggar's Opera, Act II. Scene 2

It may be right; but you are in the wrong
To speak before your time.

SHAKSPERE.-Measure for Measure, Act V.
Scene I. (The Duke to Lucio.)

He hath wrong'd me, master Page.

SHAKSPERE.-Merry Wives of Windsor, Act L
Scene 1.

YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND-YORICK.

YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND.

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CAMPBELL.-A Song; the idea of which seems to have been borrowed from an old song entitled, "Ye Gentlemen of England," written by MARTYN PARKER.

YEARS.-Winged time glides on insensibly, and deceives us; and there is nothing more fleeting than years. OVID.-Meta. Book X. Fable 9. (Riley.)

Jumping o'er times,

Turning the accomplishment of many years

Into an hour-glass.

SHAKSPERE.-King Henry V. Chorus.

Years have not seen, Time shall not see,
The hour that tears my soul from thee.

BYRON.-Bride of Abydos, Canto I. Stanza 11.

Years steal

Fire from the mind, as vigour from the limb;

And life's enchanted cup but sparkles near the brim.
BYRON.-Childe Harold, Canto III. Stanza 8.

Years following years, steal something every day;
At last they steal us from ourselves away.

POPE.-Imitations of Horace, Book II. Epi. II.
Line 72.

I am declin'd

Into the vale of years.

SHAKSPERE.-Othello, Act III. Scene 3.

(He imagines that a reason for Desdemona's supposed love of Cassio.)

YEW-TREE.-Cheerless, unsocial plant! that loves to dwell 'Midst skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms. BLAIR.-The Grave, Line 22.

YORICK.-Let me see. Alas, poor Yorick!

I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy.

SHAKSPERE. Hamlet, Act V. Scene 1. (Hamlet to Horatio.)

YORICK-Where be your gibes now? your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a roar?

SHAKSPERE. Hamlet, Act V. Scene 1. (Hamlet addressing Yorick's skull.)

Now get you to my lady's chamber, and tell her, let her paint an inch thick, to this favour she must come.

SHAKSPERE. Hamlet, Act V. Scene 1.
(The same.)

YOUTH.-While proudly riding o'er the azure realm,
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes;
Youth on the prow and Pleasure at the helm.

GRAY.-The Bard, Verse V. Line 10.

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

BEN JONSON.-Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue.

In the very May-morn of his youth,

Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises.

SHAKSPERE.-King Henry V. Act I. Scene 2. (Ely to King Henry.)

He wears the rose

Of youth upon him; from which the world should note
Something particular.

SHAKSPERE.-Antony and Cleopatra, Act III.
Scene 4. (Antony to Euphronius and Cleopatra.)

A youth of frolics, an old age of cards.

POPE.-Moral Essay, To a Lady, Epi. II. Line 244.

From thoughtless youth to ruminating age.

COWPER.-Progress of Error, Line 24.

And made youth younger, and taught life to live.
YOUNG.-Night V. Line 796.

O ye who teach the ingenuous youth of nations-
Holland, France, England, Germany, or Spain-
I pray ye flog them upon all occasions,

It mends their morals-never mind the pain.

BYRON.-Don Juan, Canto II. Stanza 1.