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... shine ; SHAKSPEARE . But plunged within the furnace flame , It bends and melts -- though still the same . O thou that dost inhabit in my breast , BYRON : Giaour . Leave not the mansion so long tenantless ; Lest , growing ruinous , the ...
... shine ; SHAKSPEARE . But plunged within the furnace flame , It bends and melts -- though still the same . O thou that dost inhabit in my breast , BYRON : Giaour . Leave not the mansion so long tenantless ; Lest , growing ruinous , the ...
Page 18
... shine ; But plunged within the furnace flame , It bends and melts - though still the same . BYRON : Giaour . By adversity are wrought The greatest works of admiration , And all the fair examples of renown Out of distress and misery are ...
... shine ; But plunged within the furnace flame , It bends and melts - though still the same . BYRON : Giaour . By adversity are wrought The greatest works of admiration , And all the fair examples of renown Out of distress and misery are ...
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... shine . DRYDEN . Vain are their hopes who fancy to inherit , By trees of pedigree , or fame or merit ; Though plodding heralds through each branch may trace Old captains and dictators of their race . DRYDEN . Long galleries of ancestors ...
... shine . DRYDEN . Vain are their hopes who fancy to inherit , By trees of pedigree , or fame or merit ; Though plodding heralds through each branch may trace Old captains and dictators of their race . DRYDEN . Long galleries of ancestors ...
Page 36
... shine . WALLER . They that on glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce their debt , instead of their discharge . YOUNG . He stands for fame on his forefathers ' feet , By heraldry proved valiant or discreet ! YOUNG . Let high birth triumph ...
... shine . WALLER . They that on glorious ancestors enlarge , Produce their debt , instead of their discharge . YOUNG . He stands for fame on his forefathers ' feet , By heraldry proved valiant or discreet ! YOUNG . Let high birth triumph ...
Page 43
... shine ; The meanest in your nature mild and good , The noble rest secured in your blood . ARMS . WALLER . The whole division that to Mars pertains , All trades of death that deal in steel for gains , Were there ; the butcher , armorer ...
... shine ; The meanest in your nature mild and good , The noble rest secured in your blood . ARMS . WALLER . The whole division that to Mars pertains , All trades of death that deal in steel for gains , Were there ; the butcher , armorer ...
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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