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... riden out , he loved chivalrie , Truthe and honour , freedom and courtesie , Full
worthy was he in his lord ' s war , And thereto had he ridden , near and farre , As
well in Christendom as in Heatheness , And ever honoured for his worthiness .
... riden out , he loved chivalrie , Truthe and honour , freedom and courtesie , Full
worthy was he in his lord ' s war , And thereto had he ridden , near and farre , As
well in Christendom as in Heatheness , And ever honoured for his worthiness .
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And then , the lover , Sighing like furnace , with a woful ballad Made to his
mistress ' eyebrow . Then , the soldier , Full of strange oaths , and bearded like
the pard ; Jealous in honour , sudden and quick in quarrel , Even in the cannon '
s mouth ...
And then , the lover , Sighing like furnace , with a woful ballad Made to his
mistress ' eyebrow . Then , the soldier , Full of strange oaths , and bearded like
the pard ; Jealous in honour , sudden and quick in quarrel , Even in the cannon '
s mouth ...
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... And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour , Found thee a way , out of
his wreck , to rise in ; A sure and safe one , though thy master missed it . Mark but
my fall , and that which ruined me : Cromwell , I charge thee , fling away ambition
...
... And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour , Found thee a way , out of
his wreck , to rise in ; A sure and safe one , though thy master missed it . Mark but
my fall , and that which ruined me : Cromwell , I charge thee , fling away ambition
...
Page 56
... As honour , love , obedience , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; but in
their stead , Curses , not loud , but deep ; mouth - honour , breath , Which the
poor heart would fain deny , but dare not 1 MILTON . FROM SAMPSON
AGONISTES ...
... As honour , love , obedience , troops of friends , I must not look to have ; but in
their stead , Curses , not loud , but deep ; mouth - honour , breath , Which the
poor heart would fain deny , but dare not 1 MILTON . FROM SAMPSON
AGONISTES ...
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Sport that wrinkled Care derides , And Laughter holding both his sides , Come
and trip it as you go ; On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with
thee , The mountain nymph sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due , Mırth ...
Sport that wrinkled Care derides , And Laughter holding both his sides , Come
and trip it as you go ; On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with
thee , The mountain nymph sweet Liberty ; And if I give thee honour due , Mırth ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets, with a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson, 1857 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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