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Page 32
... 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 . 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 . Milton . FROM SAMPSON AGONISTES
.
Page 106
By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There
Honour comes , a pilgrim gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And
Freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a weeping hermit there . ODE TO
EVENING .
By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There
Honour comes , a pilgrim gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And
Freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a weeping hermit there . ODE TO
EVENING .
Page 134
... Has frisked beneath the burden of threescore . So blessed a life these
thoughtless realms display , Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are
those arts that mind to mind endear , For honour forms the social temper here :
Honour , that ...
... Has frisked beneath the burden of threescore . So blessed a life these
thoughtless realms display , Thus idly busy rolls their world away : Theirs are
those arts that mind to mind endear , For honour forms the social temper here :
Honour , that ...
Page 137
As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds ,
the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe .
Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps ...
As nature's ties decay , As duty , love , and honour fail to sway , Fictitious bonds ,
the bonds of wealth and law , Still gather strength , and force unwilling awe .
Hence all obedience bows to these alone , And talent sinks , and merit weeps ...
Page 338
So it is : yet let us sing , Honour to the old bow - string ! Honour to the bugle horn !
Honour to the woods unshorn ! Honour to the Lincoln green ! Honour to the
archer keen ! Honour to bold Robin Hood , Sleeping in the underwood ! Honour
to ...
So it is : yet let us sing , Honour to the old bow - string ! Honour to the bugle horn !
Honour to the woods unshorn ! Honour to the Lincoln green ! Honour to the
archer keen ! Honour to bold Robin Hood , Sleeping in the underwood ! Honour
to ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
| Author | George Croly |
| Editor | George Croly |
| Publisher | R.B. Seeley and W. Burnside ; and sold by L.B. Seeley and Sons, 1828 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 4 Feb 2015 |
| Length | 367 pages |
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