An Heroic Epistle of Hudibras To His Lady (Samuel Butler Poems)
I who was once as great as Caesar,Am now reduc'd to Nebuchadnezzar;And from as fam'd a conquerorAs ever took degree ...
I who was once as great as Caesar,Am now reduc'd to Nebuchadnezzar;And from as fam'd a conquerorAs ever took degree ...
I will not build on yonder mount;And, should you call me to account,Consulting with myself, I findIt was no levity ...
The rod was but a harmless wand, While Moses held it in his hand;But, soon as e'er he laid it down,Twas ...
Mourn, Mourn, ye Muses, all your loss deplore, The Young, the Noble Strephon is no more. Yes, yes, he fled ...
I. Sylvia, methinks you are unfit Sylvia, methinks you are unfit For your great Lord's embrace; For tho' we all ...
A brazen Pot, by scouring vext, With Beef and Pudding still perplext,Resolv'd t' attempt a nobler Life,Urging the Jugg to ...
Proud with the spoils of royal cully, With false pretence to wit and parts, She swaggers like a batter'd bully ...
All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, ...
In th' isle ...
At five this morn, when Phoebus raised his head From Thetis' lap, I raised myself from bed, And mounting steed, ...
The bank broke and I lost my savings. I was sick of the tiresome game in Spoon River And I ...
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