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In one of earth'sHead cities, awaiting this, the effect unknown,Of evil, not, truly, all--wise, we towerlike rise;With eminent but indifferent ...

The spider spreads her webs, whether she beIn poet's tower, cellar, or barn, or tree;The silk-worm in the dark green ...

Beyond the fix'd and settl'd RulesOf Vice and Virtue in the Schools,Beyond the Letter of the Law,Which keeps our Men ...

Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy ...

Pallas, observing Stella's witWas more than for her sex was fit,And that her beauty, soon or late,Might breed confusion in ...

"My son," the stranger thus began, And drew me to the window side, "Now here are beauties better than You ever have dreamed, ...

Alone, and unwitting, we spring into birthTo battle the battle of life upon earth;Alone, and unwilling, we drop from the ...

We walk by the sea-shoreholding firmly in our handsthe two ends of an antique dialogue-do you love me?-I love youwith ...

There are those who growgardens in their headspaths lead from their hairto sunny and white citiesit's easy for them to ...

Tell me, Muse, what colour floateth round the River's ancient head: Is it white and black, or white ...

Virtue may unlock hell, or evenA sin turn in the wards of Heaven,(As ethics of the text-book go),So little men ...

THERE were two youths of equal age, Wit, station, strength, and parentage; They studied at the self-same schools, And shaped ...

RESPONDEZ! Respondez! (The war is completed-the price is paid-the title is settled beyond recall;) Let every one answer! let those ...

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