Saint George, that swinged the dragon, and e'er since

Sits on his horse back at mine hostess' door.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.

The sweetest thing that ever grew

Beside a human door.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): Lucy Gray. Stanza 2.

The whitewash'd wall, the nicely sanded floor,

The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;

The chest, contriv'd a double debt to pay,—

A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774): The Deserted Village. Line 227.

A pampered menial drove me from the door.

Thomas Moss (1740-1808): The Beggar.

He that holds fast the golden mean,

And lives contentedly between

The little and the great,

Feels not the wants that pinch the poor,

Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door.

William Cowper (1731-1800): Translation of Horace. Book ii. Ode x.

Shut, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said;

Tie up the knocker! say I'm sick, I'm dead.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot. Prologue to the Satires. Line 1.

When the steede is stolne, shut the stable durre.

John Heywood (Circa 1565): Proverbes. Part i. Chap. x.

The wolfe from the dore.

John Skelton (Circa 1460-1529): Colyn Cloute. Line 1531.