Oh for one hour of blind old Dandolo, The octogenarian chief, Byzantium's conquering foe.
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Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes But not too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes Disguise even tenderness, if thou art wise.George Gordon Byron
None are so desolate but something dear, Dearer than self, possesses or possess'd A thought, and claims the homage of a tear.
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Of Wordsworth Who, both by precept and example, shows That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose.
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A quiet conscience makes one so serene.
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The mighty master of unmeaning rhyme. Darwin.
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For the sword outwears its sheath, And the soul wears out the breast.
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