"Lore" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... we might begin with Diana's Grove. It has roots in the different epochs of our history, and each has its special crop of legend. The Druid and the Roman are too far off for matters of detail; but it seems to me the Saxon and the Angles are near enough to yield material for legendary lore. We find that this particular place had another name besides Diana's Grove. This was manifestly of Roman origin, or of Grecian accepted as Roman. The other is more pregnant of adventure and romance than the Roman name. In Mercian tongue it was 'The Lair of the White Worm.' This ...
— The Lair of the White Worm • Bram Stoker
... schools brimful of rules, His head and note-book cramm'd With varied lore; from many a shore Pack'd solid in, ...
— Canada and Other Poems • T.F. Young
... trembled to thy touch; Hast thou forgot thine early lore? And know'st not that I love so much, That song contents my heart ...
— The Coming of the Princess and Other Poems • Kate Seymour Maclean
... with partial praise, And I before too fond of lays, While others pant for solid gain, Grasp at a laurel sprig—in vain— You could not chill with frown severe The madness to my soul so dear; For when Apollo came to store Your mind with salutary lore, The god I ween, was pleas'd to dart A ray from Pindus on your heart; Your willing bosom caught the fire, And still ...
— Poems (1786), Volume I. • Helen Maria Williams
... He played upon the harp with more than common skill, and could personate the regular minnesinger to perfection. His stock of ballads was inexhaustible, and some of his original songs might well compare with his borrowed lore. Besides this, he was a daring huntsman, an expert falconer, and a ...
— The Truce of God - A Tale of the Eleventh Century • George Henry Miles
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