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... glory , I haste now to my setting . I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening , And no man see me more By adversity are wrought Sh . H. VIII . III . 2 . The greatest works of admiration , And all the fair examples of renown ...
... glory , I haste now to my setting . I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening , And no man see me more By adversity are wrought Sh . H. VIII . III . 2 . The greatest works of admiration , And all the fair examples of renown ...
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... Glory , Pride . Raleigh . Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . [ 169 . Q. El . If thy mind fail thee , do not climb at all . Scott , Ken.xvII Fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels : how can man then , The image of ...
... Glory , Pride . Raleigh . Fain would I climb , but that I fear to fall . [ 169 . Q. El . If thy mind fail thee , do not climb at all . Scott , Ken.xvII Fling away ambition ; By that sin fell the angels : how can man then , The image of ...
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... glory is our motive , not our end : Wouldst thou be famed ? have those high acts in view , Brave men would act , though scandal would ensue.Young , L.F. Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , [ VII ...
... glory is our motive , not our end : Wouldst thou be famed ? have those high acts in view , Brave men would act , though scandal would ensue.Young , L.F. Fame is the shade of immortality , And in itself a shadow . Soon as caught , [ VII ...
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... soul ? Gone - glimmering through the dream of things that were , First in the race that led to glory's goal , They won , and pass'd away . Byron , Ch . H. 11. 2 . ATTENTION - AUTHORITY . ATTENTION . My soul is wrapp'd.
... soul ? Gone - glimmering through the dream of things that were , First in the race that led to glory's goal , They won , and pass'd away . Byron , Ch . H. 11. 2 . ATTENTION - AUTHORITY . ATTENTION . My soul is wrapp'd.
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... glory or reward , Truth is well paid , when she is sung and heard . Much thou hast said , which I know when And where thou stol'st from other men ; Whereby ' tis plain thy light and gifts Are all but plagiary shifts . No author ever ...
... glory or reward , Truth is well paid , when she is sung and heard . Much thou hast said , which I know when And where thou stol'st from other men ; Whereby ' tis plain thy light and gifts Are all but plagiary shifts . No author ever ...
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Aaron Hill Addison bear beauty Ben Jonson bliss brave breast breath bright Butler Byron charms Churchill clouds Cowper death deeds doth dream Dryden earth Ebenezer Elliott Eliza Cook eyes fair fame fate fear flowers fools fortune Giaour give glory gold Goldsmith grace grave grief happy hast hate hath heart heaven Herrick Honest Man's Fortune honour hope hour Hudibras human Joanna Baillie Johnson king L'Allegro Lalla Rookh light live looks Lord Love's LOVERS Macb man's mankind MARRIAGE Milton mind Moore nature ne'er never night o'er pain passion peace Pindar pleasure Pope praise rich shine sigh smile Sophonisba sorrow soul spirit sweet Tamerlane tears thee There's things Thomson thou art thought tongue Troil truth Twill VIII virtue wind wise words wretch Young youth