The Poems and PlaysMethuen, 1905 - 183 pages |
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... Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? —Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies . 290 300 310 320 She once , perhaps , in ...
... Sure scenes like these no troubles e'er annoy ! Sure these denote one universal joy ! Are these thy serious thoughts ? —Ah , turn thine eyes Where the poor houseless shivering female lies . 290 300 310 320 She once , perhaps , in ...
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... sure a poet may try , By a bounce now and then , to get courage to fly . But , my lord , it's no bounce : I protest in my turn , It's a truth — and your lordship may ask Mr. Byrne . To go on with my tale - as I gaz'd on the haunch , I ...
... sure a poet may try , By a bounce now and then , to get courage to fly . But , my lord , it's no bounce : I protest in my turn , It's a truth — and your lordship may ask Mr. Byrne . To go on with my tale - as I gaz'd on the haunch , I ...
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... sure has wanted an adviser . WHA Had she consulted me , she should have made Her moral play a speaking masquerade ; Warm'd up each bustling scene , and in her rage Have emptied all the green - room on the stage . My life on ' t , this ...
... sure has wanted an adviser . WHA Had she consulted me , she should have made Her moral play a speaking masquerade ; Warm'd up each bustling scene , and in her rage Have emptied all the green - room on the stage . My life on ' t , this ...
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... sure I am You'll find his lionship a very lamb . Yon politician , famous in debate , Perhaps , to vulgar eyes , bestrides the state ; Yet , when he deigns his real shape t ' assume , He turns old woman , and bestrides a broom . Yon ...
... sure I am You'll find his lionship a very lamb . Yon politician , famous in debate , Perhaps , to vulgar eyes , bestrides the state ; Yet , when he deigns his real shape t ' assume , He turns old woman , and bestrides a broom . Yon ...
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... sure there is no part of it more dear to him than you are , though he has not seen you since he was a child . SIR WIL . What signifies his affection to me ; or how can I be proud of a place in a heart where every sharper and coxcomb ...
... sure there is no part of it more dear to him than you are , though he has not seen you since he was a child . SIR WIL . What signifies his affection to me ; or how can I be proud of a place in a heart where every sharper and coxcomb ...
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