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... noble English tongue . 6 To set forth , as only art can , the beauty and the joy of living , the beauty and the blessedness of death , the glory of battle and adventure , the nobility of devotion — to a cause , an ideal , a passion even ...
... noble English tongue . 6 To set forth , as only art can , the beauty and the joy of living , the beauty and the blessedness of death , the glory of battle and adventure , the nobility of devotion — to a cause , an ideal , a passion even ...
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... Noble Numbers ' was in course of growth -help in the way of counsel , suggestion , remonstrance , per- mission to use - has been such that it taxes gratitude and makes complete acknowledgment impossible . W. E. H. OF T NIVER ITY OF ...
... Noble Numbers ' was in course of growth -help in the way of counsel , suggestion , remonstrance , per- mission to use - has been such that it taxes gratitude and makes complete acknowledgment impossible . W. E. H. OF T NIVER ITY OF ...
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... noble Erpingham , Which did the signal aim To our hid forces ! When from the meadow by , Like a storm suddenly , The English archery Struck the French horses . With Spanish yew so strong , Arrows a cloth - yard long , That like to ...
... noble Erpingham , Which did the signal aim To our hid forces ! When from the meadow by , Like a storm suddenly , The English archery Struck the French horses . With Spanish yew so strong , Arrows a cloth - yard long , That like to ...
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... noble king , His broadsword brandishing , Down the French host did ding As to o'erwhelm it , And many a deep wound lent , His arms with blood besprent , And many a cruel dent Bruised his helmet . Glo'ster , that duke so good , Next of ...
... noble king , His broadsword brandishing , Down the French host did ding As to o'erwhelm it , And many a deep wound lent , His arms with blood besprent , And many a cruel dent Bruised his helmet . Glo'ster , that duke so good , Next of ...
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... noble fray , Which fame did not delay , To England to carry . O , when shall Englishmen With such acts fill a pen , Or England breed again Such a King Harry ? Drayton . AFTER Now we bear the king Toward Calais : grant him there ; there ...
... noble fray , Which fame did not delay , To England to carry . O , when shall Englishmen With such acts fill a pen , Or England breed again Such a King Harry ? Drayton . AFTER Now we bear the king Toward Calais : grant him there ; there ...
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Page 32 - Going to the Wars Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 28 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed...
Page 1 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene ! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars ; and, at his heels, Leash'd in like hounds, should famine, sword, and fire, Crouch for employment.
Page 43 - War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour, but an empty bubble; Never ending, still beginning, Fighting still, and still destroying; If the world be worth thy winning, Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 20 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 33 - The gods that wanton in the air, Know no such liberty. When flowing cups run swiftly round With no allaying Thames, Our careless heads with roses bound, Our hearts with loyal flames ; When thirsty grief in wine we steep, When healths and draughts go free, Fishes that tipple in the deep, Know no such liberty.
Page 351 - The Author continued for about three hours in a profound sleep, at least of the external senses, during which time he has the most vivid confidence that he could not have composed less than from two to three hundred lines; if that indeed can be called composition in which all the images rose up before him as things, with a parallel production of the correspondent expressions, without any sensation or consciousness of effort.
Page 176 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death, In still yet brave despair ; And shouted but once more aloud, ' My father ! must I stay ?' While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud, The wreathing fires made way.
Page 171 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move : Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love ! My days are in the yellow leaf ; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone...
Page 20 - THE glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and Crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.