Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion. Sonnets, and Other Poems, - Page 179by William Lisle Bowles - 1800 - 180 pagesFull view - About this book
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...Or else it stood upon the choice of friends : Her. O hell ! to choose love by another's eye ! Lys. Or, if there were a sympathy in choice, War, death, or sickness did lay siege to it; Making it momentanyt as a sound, Swift as » shadow, short as any dream j Brief as the lightning in... | |
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| Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
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| George Crabbe - 1816 - 240 pages
...did ma smooih ; But either it was different in blood, Or else misgrafted in respect of years, Or ri ; it stood upon the choice of friends, Or if there were a sympathy in choice. War, death, or sicklies* did lay siege to it. Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I. Scene 1. Oh ! thou didst then ne'er... | |
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| England - 1836 - 884 pages
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| William Shakespeare - 1818 - 332 pages
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