The shade of Byron: a mock heroic poem1871 |
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... twas what he could not sell , Nor in a fitful , gen'rous freak be donor ; And so he dropp'd it , for he knew full well ' Twas of no use to any but the owner . None else could wield it - such a slashing weapon ! A very Sampson's jaw ...
... twas what he could not sell , Nor in a fitful , gen'rous freak be donor ; And so he dropp'd it , for he knew full well ' Twas of no use to any but the owner . None else could wield it - such a slashing weapon ! A very Sampson's jaw ...
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... twas but now My fancy mounted thee on Pegasus , And now I've made a pigeon of thee . What ? " Not to be pluck'd ! " Why ? Hast thou not pluck'd others , Like the fierce eagle I compar'd thee to , And left them not a single plume to fly ...
... twas but now My fancy mounted thee on Pegasus , And now I've made a pigeon of thee . What ? " Not to be pluck'd ! " Why ? Hast thou not pluck'd others , Like the fierce eagle I compar'd thee to , And left them not a single plume to fly ...
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... twas done by the command of God ! Whence was it that of old the Hebrew hordes , In the great name of God heap'd crime on crime , Murder on murder ? 1 - Mercy and remorse , 1 See Appendix to Canto I. , Note C. Alike were strangers to ...
... twas done by the command of God ! Whence was it that of old the Hebrew hordes , In the great name of God heap'd crime on crime , Murder on murder ? 1 - Mercy and remorse , 1 See Appendix to Canto I. , Note C. Alike were strangers to ...
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... be nice , But boldly strike the iron while ' twas hot . This brought her vis - à - vis with Master Juan . Oh woman ! if the Devil plot , so you can ! 1 Don Juan , canto xvi . , stanza 123 . III . Now you , friend B. must own ' 12 ...
... be nice , But boldly strike the iron while ' twas hot . This brought her vis - à - vis with Master Juan . Oh woman ! if the Devil plot , so you can ! 1 Don Juan , canto xvi . , stanza 123 . III . Now you , friend B. must own ' 12 ...
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... Twas surely very wrong in Juan's mother To leave together this imprudent pair . " Don Juan , canto i . , stanza 110 . Butler , in his " Hudibras , " spells 2 Ancient orthography admits this rhyme . it " windores , " and cockneys , to ...
... Twas surely very wrong in Juan's mother To leave together this imprudent pair . " Don Juan , canto i . , stanza 110 . Butler , in his " Hudibras , " spells 2 Ancient orthography admits this rhyme . it " windores , " and cockneys , to ...
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Page 274 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase ; who bids abstain But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man?
Page 370 - Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate ; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It hath springs that may be won.
Page 264 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 264 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows...
Page 63 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 20 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 297 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 156 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 64 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Page 273 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce. From beds of raging fire to starve in ice...