Poetical Quotations from Chaucer to Tennyson |
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... grief for thy delay . Rowe . The gods in bounty work up storms about us , That give mankind occasion to exert What ! keep a week away ? seven days and Their hidden strength , and throw out into pracnights ? tice Eightscore eight hours ...
... grief for thy delay . Rowe . The gods in bounty work up storms about us , That give mankind occasion to exert What ! keep a week away ? seven days and Their hidden strength , and throw out into pracnights ? tice Eightscore eight hours ...
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... grief for thy delay . ROWE . What ! keep a week away ? seven days and nights ? ACTORS . One tragic sentence if I dare deride , Which Betterton's grave action dignified ; Or well - mouth'd Booth with emphasis pro- claims , Though but ...
... grief for thy delay . ROWE . What ! keep a week away ? seven days and nights ? ACTORS . One tragic sentence if I dare deride , Which Betterton's grave action dignified ; Or well - mouth'd Booth with emphasis pro- claims , Though but ...
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... grief Which they themselves not feel ; but tasting it , Their counsel turns to passion , which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage : Fetter strong madness in a silken thread , Charm ache with air , and agony with words ...
... grief Which they themselves not feel ; but tasting it , Their counsel turns to passion , which before Would give preceptial medicine to rage : Fetter strong madness in a silken thread , Charm ache with air , and agony with words ...
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... grief as age ; wretched in both . SHAKSPEARE . Let him keep A hundred knights ; yes , that on ev'ry dream , Each buz , each fancy , each complaint , dislike , He may enguard his dotage . SHAKSPEARE . Come , my lord ; We will bestow you ...
... grief as age ; wretched in both . SHAKSPEARE . Let him keep A hundred knights ; yes , that on ev'ry dream , Each buz , each fancy , each complaint , dislike , He may enguard his dotage . SHAKSPEARE . Come , my lord ; We will bestow you ...
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... grief and fury unto me did bring . SPENSER : Faerie Queene . AGRICULTURE . Retreat betimes To thy paternal seat , the Sabine field , Where the great Cato toil'd with his own hands . ADDISON . The glebe untill'd might plenteous crops ...
... grief and fury unto me did bring . SPENSER : Faerie Queene . AGRICULTURE . Retreat betimes To thy paternal seat , the Sabine field , Where the great Cato toil'd with his own hands . ADDISON . The glebe untill'd might plenteous crops ...
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ADDISON ANNE BRADSTREET beauty BEN JONSON birds BLACKMORE bless bliss breast breath bright BYRON charms Childe Harold clouds coursers COWLEY COWPER dark death delight DENHAM doth dreams DRYDEN earth eternal ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools gentle give glory golden grace grief happy hast hath heart heaven honour hope hour Hudibras ISAAC WATTS JOANNA BAILLIE king light live look Lord MILTON mind morning muse N. P. WILLIS nature ne'er never Night Thoughts numbers nymph o'er pain passion peace pleasure POPE pow'r praise pride PRIOR rich ROSCOMMON round shade SHAKSPEARE shine sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul SPENSER spirit spring stars stream sweet SWIFT tears thee thine things THOMSON thou trees truth virtue voice WALLER WALTER HARTE weep wind wings wise woman words YOUNG youth