Cyclopædia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. AdamsRobert Forrester, 1865 - 16 pages |
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... tongue , or creed , but would rejoice so to lighten the toil of the toiler , so to cheer the heart of the weary and heavy - laden . " Sit still upon your thrones , O ye poetic ones ! And if , sooth , the world decry you , Let it pass ...
... tongue , or creed , but would rejoice so to lighten the toil of the toiler , so to cheer the heart of the weary and heavy - laden . " Sit still upon your thrones , O ye poetic ones ! And if , sooth , the world decry you , Let it pass ...
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... by confusion stand . Milton . Despotic sway , and old tyrannic rule , Will , in the end , assuredly produce In body politics an atrophy , Or else wide - wasting social anarchy . Egone . ANATOMY . OH , that my tongue were in the.
... by confusion stand . Milton . Despotic sway , and old tyrannic rule , Will , in the end , assuredly produce In body politics an atrophy , Or else wide - wasting social anarchy . Egone . ANATOMY . OH , that my tongue were in the.
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Henry Gardiner ADAMS. ANATOMY . OH , that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth ! Then with a passion I would shake the world , And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy , Which cannot hear a feeble lady's voice . Shakspere . They brought ...
Henry Gardiner ADAMS. ANATOMY . OH , that my tongue were in the thunder's mouth ! Then with a passion I would shake the world , And rouse from sleep that fell anatomy , Which cannot hear a feeble lady's voice . Shakspere . They brought ...
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... tongue . * Art is wondrous long , Yet to the wise her paths are ever fair , And patience smiles though genius may despair . O. W. Holmes . * * In vain with love our bosoms glow , Can all our tears , can all our sighs , New lustre to ...
... tongue . * Art is wondrous long , Yet to the wise her paths are ever fair , And patience smiles though genius may despair . O. W. Holmes . * * In vain with love our bosoms glow , Can all our tears , can all our sighs , New lustre to ...
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... tongues of dying men Shakspere . Shakspere . I'm never merry when I hear sweet music ; The reason is your spirits are attentive . Shakspere . The first true cause , and last good end , She cannot here so well and truly see ; For this ...
... tongues of dying men Shakspere . Shakspere . I'm never merry when I hear sweet music ; The reason is your spirits are attentive . Shakspere . The first true cause , and last good end , She cannot here so well and truly see ; For this ...
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