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Page xvi
... heads , O ye gates ; and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors ; and the King of Glory shall come in ! Who is this King of Glory ? The Lord , strong and mighty , the Lord mighty in battle . Lift up your heads , O ye gates ; even lift ...
... heads , O ye gates ; and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors ; and the King of Glory shall come in ! Who is this King of Glory ? The Lord , strong and mighty , the Lord mighty in battle . Lift up your heads , O ye gates ; even lift ...
Page xvii
... head . 1. Aspirate - The whisper . 2. Nasal - Resonance in the nose . 3. Pectoral - Resonance in the upper part of throat . 4. Gutteral - Resonance in the lower part of throat . Pure Tone is the quality appropriate for descriptive and ...
... head . 1. Aspirate - The whisper . 2. Nasal - Resonance in the nose . 3. Pectoral - Resonance in the upper part of throat . 4. Gutteral - Resonance in the lower part of throat . Pure Tone is the quality appropriate for descriptive and ...
Page xix
... head of Forest King . On they flew like the flash of an electric flame ; their breath hot in each others nostrils , while the dark earth flew beneath their stride . Now they near the black , deep , yawning stream , twelve feet if an ...
... head of Forest King . On they flew like the flash of an electric flame ; their breath hot in each others nostrils , while the dark earth flew beneath their stride . Now they near the black , deep , yawning stream , twelve feet if an ...
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... head- I galloped past - I leaned - I clutched it - Then From out the long , strong grass I held it high And cried : " Lo , this to - night shall deck her hair , Through all the dance : And mark ! the man shall die Who dares assault for ...
... head- I galloped past - I leaned - I clutched it - Then From out the long , strong grass I held it high And cried : " Lo , this to - night shall deck her hair , Through all the dance : And mark ! the man shall die Who dares assault for ...
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... heads not hearts were made to break . " He taught me this that night in splendid scorn . I learned too well . The dance was done - Ere morn We mounted - he and I , but no more spoke-- And this for woman's love ! My lily , worn In her ...
... heads not hearts were made to break . " He taught me this that night in splendid scorn . I learned too well . The dance was done - Ere morn We mounted - he and I , but no more spoke-- And this for woman's love ! My lily , worn In her ...
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Page xv - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble...
Page 173 - Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 213 - Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men? As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him: but, as he was ambitious, I slew him: there is tears for his love; joy for his fortune; honour for his valour; and death for his ambition.
Page 212 - Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more. Had you rather Caesar were living, and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all freemen?
Page 213 - Roman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so vile, that will not love his country ? If any, speak ; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply.
Page 215 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ! Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued, In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain, — These constitute a State ; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page xv - Love thyself last; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page xviii - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself and startles at destruction? "Tis the divinity that stirs within us; "Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Page 195 - Thus the Puritan was made up of two different men, the one all self-abasement, penitence, gratitude, passion, the other proud, calm, inflexible, sagacious. He prostrated himself in the dust before his Maker : but he set his foot on the neck of his king.
Page 212 - ... that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses, that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.