? John Bartlett, compYou hail from Dream-land, Dragon-fly?
A stranger hither? So am I,
And (sooth to say) I wonder why
We either of us came!
Go down to Kew in lilac-time, in lilac-time, in lilac-time;
Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it is n't far from London!)
And you shall wander hand in hand with love in summer's wonder-land;
Go down to Kew in lilac-time (it is n't far from London!)
It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If the number and variety of subjects to be wrought upon be infinite, it is all the more easy for fortune, with such an abundance of material, to effect this similarity of results.
When Eudæmonidas heard a philosopher arguing that only a wise man can be a good general, "This is a wonderful speech," said he; "but he that saith it never heard the sound of trumpets."
Cato the elder wondered how that city was preserved wherein a fish was sold for more than an ox.
Let us not wonder if something happens which never was before, or if something doth not appear among us with which the ancients were acquainted.
Thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women.
I am fearfully and wonderfully made.
He gave in wonder to this world a pair of tormented eyeballs
One of the oldest human needs is having someone to wonder where
I have had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.
If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful after all.
Heredity is what sets the parents of a teen-ager wondering about each other.
It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.
If you go into a situation with nothing planned, sometimes wonderful stuff happens.
No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
Time has a wonderful way of weeding out the trivial.
No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
There must be more to life than sitting wondering if there is more to life.
There must be more to life than sitting wondering if there is more to life.
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.
Poetry is a deal of joy and pain and wonder, with a dash of the dictionary.