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... cast not back a pitying eye ; But left her lover in despair , To sigh , to languish , and to die : Ah , how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure ! Great god of love , why hast thou made A face that can all ...
... cast not back a pitying eye ; But left her lover in despair , To sigh , to languish , and to die : Ah , how can those fair eyes endure To give the wounds they will not cure ! Great god of love , why hast thou made A face that can all ...
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... cast upon the taste of the town in these three lines , " Twere folly now a stately pile to raise , To build a playhouse while you throw down plays , While scenes , machines , and empty operas reign , ' is certainly levelled at the ...
... cast upon the taste of the town in these three lines , " Twere folly now a stately pile to raise , To build a playhouse while you throw down plays , While scenes , machines , and empty operas reign , ' is certainly levelled at the ...
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... had served his majesty as a captain in the civil war , and was now an actor in a capital cast , and in great estimation . D. 10 You view the various turns of human life : 60 PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES . Prologue to the University of Oxford.
... had served his majesty as a captain in the civil war , and was now an actor in a capital cast , and in great estimation . D. 10 You view the various turns of human life : 60 PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES . Prologue to the University of Oxford.
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... cast , The first of this , and hindmost of the last . A losing gamester , let him sneak away ; He bears no ready money from the play . The fate , which governs poets , thought it fit He should not raise his fortunes by his wit . VOL ...
... cast , The first of this , and hindmost of the last . A losing gamester , let him sneak away ; He bears no ready money from the play . The fate , which governs poets , thought it fit He should not raise his fortunes by his wit . VOL ...
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... casts all the hair before , Till he with full decorum brings it back , And rises with a water - spaniel shake . As for his songs , the ladies ' dear delight , These sure he took from most of you who write . Yet every man is safe from ...
... casts all the hair before , Till he with full decorum brings it back , And rises with a water - spaniel shake . As for his songs , the ladies ' dear delight , These sure he took from most of you who write . Yet every man is safe from ...
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Page 16 - On the bare earth exposed he lies, With not a friend to close his eyes. With downcast looks the joyless victor sate, Revolving in his altered soul The various turns of Chance below ; And, now and then, a sigh he stole, And tears began to flow.
Page 18 - 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...
Page 17 - Twas but a kindred sound to move, For pity melts the mind to love. Softly sweet, in Lydian measures, Soon he sooth'd his soul to pleasures. War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honour but an empty bubble...
Page 20 - Paraclete ! Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire ; Come, and thy sacred unction bring To sanctify us, while we sing.
Page 18 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 19 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 14 - And heavenly joys inspire. The song began from Jove, Who left his blissful seats above — Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 176 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Page 13 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 19 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother- wit, and arts unknown before.