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Page 287
I laugh when those who at the spear are bold And vent'rous , if that fail them , shrink and fear What yet they know must follow , to endure Exile , or ignominy , or bonds , or pain , The sentence of their Conqueror .
I laugh when those who at the spear are bold And vent'rous , if that fail them , shrink and fear What yet they know must follow , to endure Exile , or ignominy , or bonds , or pain , The sentence of their Conqueror .
Page 288
Our greatness will appear Then most conspicuous , when great things of small , Useful of hurtful , prosperous of adverse We can create , and in what place soe'er Thrive under evil , and work ease out of pain Through labor and endurance ...
Our greatness will appear Then most conspicuous , when great things of small , Useful of hurtful , prosperous of adverse We can create , and in what place soe'er Thrive under evil , and work ease out of pain Through labor and endurance ...
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Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and final misery , Passion and apathy , and glory and shame , Vain wisdom all , and false philosophy ; Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while or anguish ...
Of good and evil much they argued then , Of happiness and final misery , Passion and apathy , and glory and shame , Vain wisdom all , and false philosophy ; Yet with a pleasing sorcery could charm Pain for a while or anguish ...
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Contents
SIR WALTER RALEIGH 15521618 | 33 |
FULKE GREVILLE LORD BROOKE 15541628 | 49 |
GEORGE CHAPMAN 15601634 | 54 |
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| Title | The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry: Spencer to Crabbe Oxford Paperbacks Volume 1 of The Oxford Anthology of English Poetry, Oxford library of English poetry |
| Author | Oxford library of English poetry |
| Editor | John Wain |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1990 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0192827987, 9780192827982 |
| Length | 659 pages |
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