The dramatic and poetical works of Joan...
A source page for quotes linked to Joanna Baillie.
“Yet little varlet that thou art, thou twitchest at the heart.”
“But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.”
“Words of affection, howsoe'er expressed, The latest spoken still are deem'd the best.”
“Good-morrow to thy sable beak, And glossy plumage, dark and sleek, Thy crimson moon and azure eye”
“My day is closed! the gloom of night is come! a hopeless darkness settles over my fate.”
“But dreams full oft are found of real events The form and shadows.”
“The mind doth shape itself to its own wants, and can bear all things.”
“O mysterious Night! thou art not silent; many tongues halt thou.”
“Time never bears such moments on his wing as when he flies too swiftly to be marked.”
“Me care for te laws when te laws care for me.”
“It is so seldom that a young fellow has any inclination for the company of an old man. . .”
“A willing heart adds feather to the heel.”
“Heaven often smites in mercy, even when the blow is severest.”
“Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.”