Cheek Quotes
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No radiant pearl, which crested Fortune wears, No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty's ears, Not the bright stars which Night's blue arch adorn, Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn, Shine with such lustre as the tear that flows Down Virtue's manly cheek for others' woes.
erasmus darwin— Erasmus Darwin, The Botanic Garden, Part II, Canto III, line 459.
Upon thy cheek lay I this zealous kiss, as seal to this indenture of my love.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, King John (1598), Act II, scene 1, line 19.
Oh there is blessing in this gentle breeze, A visitant that while it fans my cheek Doth seem half-conscious of the joy it brings From the green fields, and from yon azure sky. Whate'er its mission, the soft breeze can come To none more grateful than to me; escaped From the vast city, where I long had pined A discontented sojourner: now free, Free as a bird to settle where I will.
william wordsworth— Bk. I, l. 1.
The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses grey, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried byan orphan boy, The last of all the Bards was he, Who sung of Border chivalry.
— 1805 The Lay of the Last Minstrel, introduction.
Ask me no more: what answer should I give? I love not hollow cheek or faded eye: Yet,O my friend, I will not have thee die! Ask me no more, lest I should bid thee live.
Tennyson— 1850 The Princess, pt.7, added song, stanza 2.
No radiant pearl which crested Fortune wears,No gem that twinkling hangs from Beauty’s ears,Not the bright stars which Night’s blue arch adorn,Nor rising suns that gild the vernal morn,Shine with such lustre as the tear that flowsDown Virtue’s manly cheek for others’ woes.
erasmus darwin— The Botanic Garden (1791), Part ii, Canto iii, line 459.
How can I rest in the days of my slowness?I've become a strange piece of flesh,Nervous and cold, bird-furtive, whiskery,With a cheek soft as a hound's ear.What's left is light as a seed;I need an old crone's knowing.
theodore roethke— "Meditations of an Old Woman: First Meditation," ll. 15-21
O, saw ye the lass wi’ the bonnie blue een?Her smile is the sweetest that ever was seen,Her cheek like the rose is, but fresher, I ween,She ’s the loveliest lassie that trips on the green.
— O, saw ye the Lass.
I will be harsh and stern against the aggressor, but I will be a pillar of strength for the weak.I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground.
umar— As quoted in Al Farooq, Umar (1944) by Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Ch. 5, p. 124
There Affectation, with a sickly mien,Shows in her cheek the roses of eighteen.
Alexander Pope— Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock (1712), Canto 4.
But, O sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew Iron tears down Pluto’s cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek.
john milton— Line 105. (Il Penseroso (1631))
If you turn the other cheek, you will get a harder blow on it than you got on the first one. This does not always happen, but it is to be expected, and you ought not to complain if it does happen.
george orwell— "Lear, Tolstoy and the Fool," Polemic (March 1947)
Some feelings are to mortals given With less of earth in them than heaven; And if there be a human tear From passion's dross refined and clear, A tear so limpid and so meek It would not stain an angel's cheek, 'Tis that which pious fathers shed Upon a duteous daughter's head!
walter scott— Canto II, stanza 22.
Steep on, Baby, on the floor, Tired of all the playing, Sleep with smile the sweeter for That you dropped away in! On your curls' full roundness stand Golden lights serenely One cheek, pushed out by the hand, Folds the dimple inly.
Elizabeth Browning— Sleeping and Watching.
On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
james beattie— James Beattie, The Hermit, Stanza 6. Last lines.
See truth, love, and mercy in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom! On the cold cheek of death smiles and roses are blending, And beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
— James Beattie, p. 338. (Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895))
And bid the cheek be ready with a blush Modest as morning when she coldly eyes The youthful Phœbus.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida (c. 1602), Act I, scene 3, line 228.
Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto 's cheek.
john milton— John Milton, Il Penseroso (1631), line 105
Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.
— Book IV, Chapter X. (Crowds (1913))
Thou tremblest; and the whiteness in thy cheek Is apter than thy tongue to tell thy errand.
william shakespeare— William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part II (c. 1597-99), Act 1, scene 1, line 68.
O jealousy, Thou ugliest fiend of hell! thy deadly venom Preys on my vitals, turns the healthful hue Of my fresh cheek to haggard sallowness, And drinks my spirit up!
hannah more— Hannah More, David and Goliath, Part V.
She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek; she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
— Act II, scene 4, line 114.
Upon thy cheek I lay this zealous kiss, As seal to the indenture of my love
— King John (1598), Act ii, scene. 1.
He that loves a rosy cheek, Or a coral lip admires, Or from star-like eyes doth seek Fuel to maintain his fires; As old Time makes these decay, So his flames must waste away.
thomas carew— Thomas Carew, Disdain Returned.
The morn is up again, the dewy morn, With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, Laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And living as if earth contained no tomb, And glowing into day.
lord byron— Lord Byron, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Canto III (1816), Stanza 98
I will be harsh and stern against the aggressor, but I will be a pillar of strength for the weak. I will not calm down until I will put one cheek of a tyrant on the ground and the other under my feet, and for the poor and weak, I will put my cheek on the ground.
— As quoted in Al Farooq, Umar (1944) by Muhammad Husayn Haykal, Ch. 5, p. 124
"K-eats! if thy cherished name be "writ in water" E-ach drop has fallen from some mourner's cheek; A-sacred tribute; such as heroes seek, T-hough oft in vain - for dazzling deeds of slaughter S-leep on! Not honoured less for Epitaph so meek!"
— Written on a small plaque, on the cemetery wall nearby.
