They relieve the grossness of the material enjoyments; they poetize the meal; and if you have no women at table, mon cher, be sure to have flowers: not that I object to both together.
"That Boy Of Norcott's"
Charles James Lever
But, although good-nature is temperamental, and although some men and women are, by their force of imagination and charity, forced to poetize the truth, the question remains an open one, Which is the nearest to truth, a pessimist or an optimist?
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood
To poetize the truth in the science of charity and forgiveness can never be a great sin.
"Manners and Social Usages"
Mrs. John M. E. W. Sherwood