==U.==

=Uncertainty.=

Oh, how this spring of love resembleth The uncertain glory of an April day!

1980 SHAKS.: _Two Gent. of V.,_ Act i., Sc. 3.

=Unity.=

Two souls with but a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.

1981 MARIA WHITE LOWELL: _Ingomar the Barbarian,_ Act ii.

=Unkindness.=

This was the most unkindest cut of all.

1982 SHAKS.: _Jul. Caesar,_ Act iii., Sc. 2.

=Use.=

These things are beyond all use, And I do fear them.

1983 SHAKS.: _Jul. Caesar,_ Act ii., Sc. 2.

==V.==

=Vacuity.=

He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought.

1984 DRYDEN: _Cym. and Iph.,_ Line 84.

=Valentine.=

Oft have I heard both youths and virgins say, Birds choose their mates, and couple too, this day; But by their flight I never can divine When I shall couple with my Valentine.

1985 HERRICK: _Aph. To His Valentine._

=Valor.=

Fear to do base unworthy things is valor; If they be done to us, to suffer them, Is valor too.

1986 BEN JONSON: _New Inn,_ Act iv., Sc. 3.

=Vanity.=

Light vanity, insatiate cormorant Consuming means, soon preys upon itself.

1987 SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act ii., Sc. 1.

What dotage will not Vanity maintain?

What web too weak to catch a modern brain?

1988 COWPER: _Expostulation,_ Line 630.

=Vapor.=

A wing vapor melting in a tear.

1989 POPE: _Odyssey,_ Bk. xix., Line 143.

=Variety.=

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

1990 COWPER: _Task,_ Bk. ii., Line 606.

=Vault.=

Heaven's ebon vault Studded with stars unutterably bright.

1991 SHELLEY: _Queen Mab._

=Vengeance.=

In high vengeance there is noble scorn.

1992 GEORGE ELIOT: _Spanish Gypsy,_ Bk. iv.

=Venice.=

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs, A palace and a prison on each hand.

1993 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 1.

In Venice, Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier.

1994 BYRON: _Ch. Harold,_ Canto iv., St. 3.

=Venus.=

Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies, And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

1995 POPE: _Wife of Bath, Her Prologue,_ Line 369.