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... fire the train which the king knew right well had already been prepared . Poets are in general poor politicians and miserable plotters . They seldom , even in verse or fiction , manage a state plot well . Scott , at least , has ...
... fire the train which the king knew right well had already been prepared . Poets are in general poor politicians and miserable plotters . They seldom , even in verse or fiction , manage a state plot well . Scott , at least , has ...
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... fire . Th ' impatient sea grows impotent , and raves , That , night assisting , his impetuous waves Should find resistance from so light a thing ; These surges ruin , those our safety bring . Th ' oppress'd vessel doth the charge abide ...
... fire . Th ' impatient sea grows impotent , and raves , That , night assisting , his impetuous waves Should find resistance from so light a thing ; These surges ruin , those our safety bring . Th ' oppress'd vessel doth the charge abide ...
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... fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above Th ' heroic Prince's courage or his love ; ' Twas indignation , and not fear he felt , The shrine should perish where that image dwelt . 16 ...
... fire , The conquer'd ocean could not make expire ; Nor angry Thetis raise her waves above Th ' heroic Prince's courage or his love ; ' Twas indignation , and not fear he felt , The shrine should perish where that image dwelt . 16 ...
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... fire Can scorch men so , or kindle such desire ; While , unconcern'd , she seems moved no more With this new malice than our loves before ; But from the height of her great mind looks down On both our passions without smile or frown ...
... fire Can scorch men so , or kindle such desire ; While , unconcern'd , she seems moved no more With this new malice than our loves before ; But from the height of her great mind looks down On both our passions without smile or frown ...
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... fire . Nor call her mother , who so well does prove One breast may hold both chastity and love . Never can she , that so exceeds the spring In joy and bounty , be supposed to bring One so destructive . To no human stock We owe this ...
... fire . Nor call her mother , who so well does prove One breast may hold both chastity and love . Never can she , that so exceeds the spring In joy and bounty , be supposed to bring One so destructive . To no human stock We owe this ...
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Page 206 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
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Page 47 - ON A GIRDLE. THAT which her slender waist confined Shall now my joyful temples bind : No monarch but would give his crown, His arms might do what this has done.
Page 216 - What barbarous invader sack'd the land ! But when he hears no Goth, no Turk, did bring This desolation, but a Christian king ; When nothing but the name of zeal appears 'Twixt our best actions and the worst of theirs ; What does he think our sacrilege would spare, When such th...
Page 51 - Some other nymphs, with colours faint^ And pencil slow, may Cupid paint, And a weak heart in time destroy ; She has a stamp, and prints the boy; Can, with a single look, inflame The coldest breast, the rudest tame.
Page 209 - Horace his wit and Virgil's state He did not steal, but emulate! And when he would like them appear, Their garb, but not their clothes, did wear.
Page 159 - Go, lovely rose, Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired.
Page 160 - How small a part of time they share, That are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Page 196 - The soul's dark cottage, batter'd and decay'd, Lets in new light through chinks that time has made ; Stronger by weakness, wiser men become, As they draw near to their eternal home.
Page 216 - twixt anger, shame, and fear, Those for what's past, and this for what's too near, My eye, descending from the hill, surveys Where Thames among the wanton valleys strays. Thames, the most lov'd of all the Ocean's sons By his old sire, to his embraces runs ; Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity. Though with those streams he no resemblance hoi*. Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold, His genuine and less guilty wealth t...