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... hour of act ; and then , ' tis thought Thou ' lt shew thy mercy and remorse more strange Than is thy strange apparent cruelty : And where thou now exact'st the penalty ( Which is a pound of this poor merchant's flesh ) , Thou wilt not ...
... hour of act ; and then , ' tis thought Thou ' lt shew thy mercy and remorse more strange Than is thy strange apparent cruelty : And where thou now exact'st the penalty ( Which is a pound of this poor merchant's flesh ) , Thou wilt not ...
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... hour to come . Pal . Oh , cousin Arcite , Where is Thebes now ? where is our noble country ? Where are our friends and kindreds ? never more Must we behold those comforts , never see The hardy youths strive for the games of honour ...
... hour to come . Pal . Oh , cousin Arcite , Where is Thebes now ? where is our noble country ? Where are our friends and kindreds ? never more Must we behold those comforts , never see The hardy youths strive for the games of honour ...
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... hours , And happy days , with thee come not again , The sad memorials only of my pain Do with thee come , which turn my sweet to sours . Thou art the same which still thou wert before , Delicious , lusty , amiable , fair , But she whose ...
... hours , And happy days , with thee come not again , The sad memorials only of my pain Do with thee come , which turn my sweet to sours . Thou art the same which still thou wert before , Delicious , lusty , amiable , fair , But she whose ...
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... hour or half's delight , And so to bid good - night ? " Twas pity Nature brought ye forth , Merely to shew your worth And lose you quite . But you are lovely leaves , where we May read , how soon things have Their end , though ne'er so ...
... hour or half's delight , And so to bid good - night ? " Twas pity Nature brought ye forth , Merely to shew your worth And lose you quite . But you are lovely leaves , where we May read , how soon things have Their end , though ne'er so ...
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... hours do ; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain , Or as the pearls of morning - dew , Ne'er to be found again . SONG . Gather the rose - buds while ye may , Old Time is still a - flying ; And this same flower that smiles to - day To ...
... hours do ; and dry Away Like to the summer's rain , Or as the pearls of morning - dew , Ne'er to be found again . SONG . Gather the rose - buds while ye may , Old Time is still a - flying ; And this same flower that smiles to - day To ...
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ABSALOM AND ACHITOPHEL beauty behold Ben Jonson beneath bird blest blood breath bright brow Brutus Cassius Catiline charm clouds crown dark death deep delight dost doth dread ducats Duke earth English Prose eternal Faerie Queene fair fate fear flowers Giles Fletcher golden Greece green hand Hark hath hear heard heart heaven hills honour hope Hudibras king labour Lady light living look lord Macb MACBETH MATTHEW PRIOR mercy metaphysical poets mighty mind mountain Muse never night noble numbers o'er PHINEAS FLETCHER Phocis pleasure poems poets praise pride Queen Readings in English rocks round SAMUEL DANIEL satire shew Shylock sigh sing sleep smile song soul sound spirit spring stars sweet tears thee thine thou thought Timotheus Twas voice wave ween Westminster School whilst wild winds wings young youth Zimri
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Page 204 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 60 - Where the great sun begins his state, Robed in flames, and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight; While the ploughman near at hand Whistles o'er the furrowed land, And the milkmaid singeth blithe, And the mower whets his scythe, And every shepherd tells his tale Under the hawthorn in the dale.
Page 175 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Page 181 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease; For summer has o'erbrimmed their clammy cells.
Page 19 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this — That in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 25 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 139 - Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the Sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet ?— God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 22 - Tarry a little ; — there is something else. — This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood ; The words expressly are a pound of flesh : Then take thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh ; But, in the cutting it, if thou dost shed One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods Are, by the laws of Venice, confiscate Unto the state of Venice.
Page 19 - The quality of mercy is not strain'd ; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath : it is twice bless'd ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown : His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God...
Page 75 - Those are Grecian ghosts that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain. Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods...