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{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Bring poppies for a weary mind That saddens in a senseless din. Wm. Winter—The White Flag.

POPLAR Popidus Fastigiata

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Trees that, like the poplar, lift upward all their boughs, give no shade and no shelter, whatever their height, trees the most lovingly shelter and shade us, when, like the willow, the higher soar their summits, the lowlier droop their boughs. Bulwer-Lytton—What Will He Do With It? Bk. XI. Ch. X. Introductory lines.

POPULARITY

Their poet, a sad trimmer, but no less In company a very pleasant fellow, Had been the favorite of full many a mess Of men, and made them speeches when half mellow; And though his meaning they could rarely guess, Yet still they deign'd to hiccup or to bellow The glorious meed of popular applause, Of which the first ne'er knows the second cause. Byeon—Don Joan. Canto III. St. 82. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Pop | page = 614 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 15 | text = Some shout him, and some hang upon his car, To gaze in bis eyes, and bless him. Maidens wave Their 'kerchiefs, and old women weep for joy; While others, not so satisfied, unhorse The gilded equipage, and turning loose His steeds, usurp a place they well deserve. Cowpee—The Task. Bk. VI. L. 708. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Pop | page = 614 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = And to some men popularity is always suspicious. Enjoying none themselves, they are prone to suspect the validity of those attainments which command it. Geo. Henry Lewes—The Spanish Drama. ch. m. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Pop | page = 614 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = There was ease in Casey's manner as he stept into his place, There was pride in Casey's bearing and a smile on Casey's face, And when responding to the cheers he lightly doft his hat, No stranger in the crowd could doubt, 't was Casey at the bat. Ebnest L. Thayer—Casey at the Bat. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Pop | page = 614 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = All tongues speak of him, and the bleared sights Are spectacled to see him. Coriokmits. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 221. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Pop | page = 614 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = I have seen the dumb men throng to see him, and The blind to hear him speak: matrons flung gloves, Ladies and maids their scarfs and handkerchers Upon him as he passed; the nobles bended, As to Jove's statue, and the commons made A shower and thunder with their caps and shouts. Coriolanus. Art II. Sc. 1. L. 278. The ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads on them, kiss his feet. Love's Labour's Lost. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 329. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = Pop | page = 614 }}