FEBRUARY 



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FEBRUARY 



FEBRUARY QUOTATIONS 



1. The February sunshine steeps your 



boughs, 



And tints the buds and swells the 

 leaves within. Bryant. 



2. I beat the Austrians because they did 



not know the value of five min- 

 utes. Napoleon. 



3. By so many roots as the marsh-grass 



sends in the sod, 



I will heartily lay me ahold on the 

 greatness of God. Lanier. 



4. Honour is not won 



Until some honorable deed be done. 

 Marlowe. 



5. The day is ending, 



The night is descending, 



The marsh is frozen, 



The river dead. Longfellow. 



6. Procrastination is the thief of time. 



Young. 



7. Oh, a dainty plant is the ivy green, 

 That creepeth o'er ruins old ! 



Of rig"ht choice food are his meals, I 



ween, 

 In his cell so lone and cold. 



Dickens. 



8. This above all : to thine own self be 



true, 

 And it must follow, as the night the 



day, 

 Thou canst not then be false to any 



man. . Shakespeare. 



9. The little birds twitter and cheep 

 To their loves on the leafless larch ; 

 But seven foot deep the snow-wreaths 



sleep, 



And the year hath not worn to March. 

 Symonds. 



10. "Presents," I often say, "endear Ab- 



sents." Lamb. 



11. Honour and shame from no condition 



rise ; 



Act well your part, there all the hon- 

 our lies. Pope. 



12. Let us have faith that right makes 



right and in that faith let us 

 dare to do our duty as we under- 

 stand It. Lincoln. 



13. Around, above the world of snow 



The light-heeled breezes breathe and 



blow; 

 Now here, now there, they whirl the 



flakes 

 And whistle through the sun-dried 



brakes, 



Then growing faint, in silence fall 

 Against the keyhole in the hall. 



Bensel. 



14. Hail to thy returning festival, old 



Bishop Valentine ! * * Like unto 

 thee, assuredly, there is no other 

 mitred father in the calendar. 

 Lamb. 



15. Soul sincere. 



In action faithful, and in honor clear ; 



Who broke no promise, serv'd no pri- 

 vate end. 



Who pained no title, and who lost no 

 friend. Pope. 



16. A little too late is much too late. 



German Proverb. 



17. Better to die ten thousand deaths, 

 Than wound my honour. 



Anonymous. 



18. The speckled sky is dim with snow, 

 The light flakes falter and fall slow ; 

 Athwart the hill-top, rapt and pale, 

 Silently drops a silvery veil ; 



And all the valley is shut in 

 By flickering curtains, gray and thin. 

 Trowbridffe. 



10. 



Remember that time is money. 



Franklin. 



20. Consider your honor of more weight 



than an oath. Solon. 



21. It is pleasant to think, just under the 



snow, 



That stretches so bleak and blank and 

 cold, 



Are beauty and warmth that we can- 

 not know, 



Green fields and leaves, and blossoms 

 of gold. Hempstead. 



22. Labour to keep alive in your breast 



that little spark of celestial fire 

 conscience. Washington. 



23. Early to bed and early to rise 

 Makes a man healthy, wealthy and 



wise. Franklin. 



24. Strict punctuality is perhaps the 



cheapest virtue which can give 

 force to an otherwise insignifi- 

 cant character. Bayes. 



25. Millions for defense, but not one cent 



for tribute. Pinckney. 



26. Each man, unknowing, great, 

 Should frame life so that at some fu- 

 ture hour 



Fact and his dreamings meet. 



Hugo. 



27. Sail on, O Union, strong and great! 

 Humanity with all its fears, 



With all the hopes of future years, 

 Is hanging breathless on thy fate. 

 Longfellow. 



28. Beneath the ceaseless-beating rain 

 Earth's snowy shroud fast disappears, 

 As sorrow pressing on the brain 

 Fades in a flood of tears. Dazey. 



For February Study 



Evangeline 



Frost 



Gettysburg Oration 



Grackle 



Groundhog 



Ice 



Mardi Gras 



Meadow lark 



Night 



Phonograph 



Pine 



Rip Van Winkle 



Snow 



Star 



Valentine's Day 



