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Do something ! do it soon ! with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long
at rest , And God inactive were no longer blest . Some high or humble enterprise
of good Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind , Become the study , pastime ...
Do something ! do it soon ! with all thy might ; An angel's wing would droop if long
at rest , And God inactive were no longer blest . Some high or humble enterprise
of good Contemplate till it shall possess thy mind , Become the study , pastime ...
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Old Play , 1601 , Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Great minds are carried
only to extremes ; To be sublimely great , or to be nothing . – Southern .. Ambition
is at a distance A goodly prospect , tempting to the view ; The height delights us ...
Old Play , 1601 , Ambition is an idol , on whose wings Great minds are carried
only to extremes ; To be sublimely great , or to be nothing . – Southern .. Ambition
is at a distance A goodly prospect , tempting to the view ; The height delights us ...
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Are ye for ever to your skies departed ? Oh ! will ye visit this dim world no more ?
Ye whose bright wings a solemn splendour darted Through Eden's fresh and
flowery shades of yore ? Mrs. Hemans . It is a beautiful , a blessed belief , That.
Are ye for ever to your skies departed ? Oh ! will ye visit this dim world no more ?
Ye whose bright wings a solemn splendour darted Through Eden's fresh and
flowery shades of yore ? Mrs. Hemans . It is a beautiful , a blessed belief , That.
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... brooding its future wings . Leigh Hunt . ANGER . ANGER Is blood , pour'd and
perplex'd into a froth ; But malice is the wisdom of our wrath . Sir W. Davenant .
Anger is like A full hot horse , who being allowed his way , Self - mettle tires him .
... brooding its future wings . Leigh Hunt . ANGER . ANGER Is blood , pour'd and
perplex'd into a froth ; But malice is the wisdom of our wrath . Sir W. Davenant .
Anger is like A full hot horse , who being allowed his way , Self - mettle tires him .
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... when her angry flight she wings , But once , and at her peril stings ; But gathers
honey all her life . Bishop . The ocean lashed to fury loud , Its high waves
mingling with the cloud , Is peaceful sweet serenity , To anger's dark and troubled
sea .
... when her angry flight she wings , But once , and at her peril stings ; But gathers
honey all her life . Bishop . The ocean lashed to fury loud , Its high waves
mingling with the cloud , Is peaceful sweet serenity , To anger's dark and troubled
sea .
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| Title | Cyclopędia of poetical quotations ... Edited by H. G. Adams |
| Author | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Editor | Henry Gardiner ADAMS |
| Publisher | Robert Forrester, 1865 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 24 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 16 pages |
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