The Modern British Drama: In Five Volumes, Volume 2William Miller, 1811 - English drama |
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... sword ! What can this mean ? Fool that I was , to trust you with the secret , And you unkind to break your word with me . Oh , passion for a woman ! - -On the ground ! Where is your boasted courage ? Where your scorn , And prudent rage ...
... sword ! What can this mean ? Fool that I was , to trust you with the secret , And you unkind to break your word with me . Oh , passion for a woman ! - -On the ground ! Where is your boasted courage ? Where your scorn , And prudent rage ...
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... sword , and make my wars in- glorious ; But just resentment to myself bears in it A stamp of greatness above vulgar minds . He , who , superior to the checks of nature , Dares make his life the victim of his reason , Does in some sort ...
... sword , and make my wars in- glorious ; But just resentment to myself bears in it A stamp of greatness above vulgar minds . He , who , superior to the checks of nature , Dares make his life the victim of his reason , Does in some sort ...
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... swords , When from their foils I scarce escaped with life ? Or poison might his valour suit as well : - This passed , as ... sword take me , and age my fa- ther , ( Heaven grant they leave him to the stroke of age ! ) The kingdom and the ...
... swords , When from their foils I scarce escaped with life ? Or poison might his valour suit as well : - This passed , as ... sword take me , and age my fa- ther , ( Heaven grant they leave him to the stroke of age ! ) The kingdom and the ...
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... sword , Which I before instructed him to shun . Through fear of death , did he decline my ban- quet ? Could I expect admittance then at his ? These numerous pleas , at variance , overthrow Each other , and are advocates for me . Per ...
... sword , Which I before instructed him to shun . Through fear of death , did he decline my ban- quet ? Could I expect admittance then at his ? These numerous pleas , at variance , overthrow Each other , and are advocates for me . Per ...
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... sword , and sheaths it in his foes ; But , waking , starts upright , in wild surprise , To feel warm blood glide round him as he lies ; To see his reeking hands in crimson dyed , And a pale corse extended by his side : He views with ...
... sword , and sheaths it in his foes ; But , waking , starts upright , in wild surprise , To feel warm blood glide round him as he lies ; To see his reeking hands in crimson dyed , And a pale corse extended by his side : He views with ...
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Popular passages
Page 580 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek ; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as ye go, On the light fantastic toe...
Page 580 - Hence, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy ! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings ; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Page 583 - Yet should I try, the uncontrolled worth Of this pure cause would kindle my rapt spirits To such a flame of sacred vehemence...
Page 579 - I was all ear, !(« And took in strains that might create a soul Under the ribs of Death.
Page 584 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 576 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' th' centre, and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul, and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.
Page 576 - Be it not done in pride, or in presumption. Some say no evil thing that walks by night, In fog, or fire, by lake, or moorish fen, Blue meagre hag, or stubborn unlaid ghost, That breaks his magic chains at curfew time, No goblin, or swart faery of the mine, Hath hurtful power o'er true virginity.
Page 574 - Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence; How sweetly did they float upon the wings Of silence, through the empty-vaulted night At every fall smoothing the raven down Of Darkness till it smiled...
Page 582 - Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand, Covering the earth with odours, fruits and flocks, Thronging the seas with spawn innumerable, But all to please, and sate the curious taste...
Page 584 - To the ocean now I fly, And those happy climes that lie Where day never shuts his eye, Up in the broad fields of the sky. There I suck the liquid air, All amidst the gardens fair Of Hesperus, and his daughters three That sing about the golden tree.