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Metamorphoses: Book The Thirteenth

© Ovid

The End of the Thirteenth Book.

Translated into English verse under the direction of
Sir Samuel Garth by John Dryden, Alexander Pope, Joseph Addison,
William Congreve and other eminent hands

Pharsalia - Book VI: The Fight Near Dyrhachium. Scaeva's Exploits. The Witch Of Thessalia.

© Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

Now that the chiefs with minds intent on fight

Had drawn their armies near upon the hills

Orlando Furioso Canto 14

© Ludovico Ariosto

ARGUMENT

Two squadrons lack of those which muster under

These monuments of manhood strong and high
Do more than forts or battle-ships to keep
Our dear-bought liberty. They fortify
The heart of youth with valour wise and deep;
They build eternal bulwarks, and command
Eternal strength to guard our native land.

The Mantle Of St. John De Matha. A Legend Of "The Red, White, And Blue," A. D. 1154-1864

© John Greenleaf Whittier

A STRONG and mighty Angel,
Calm, terrible, and bright,
The cross in blended red and blue
Upon his mantle white!

The Uncultured Rhymer To His Cultured Critics

© Henry Lawson

Fight through ignorance, want, and care

Through the griefs that crush the spirit;

Hero And Leander. The Fifth Sestiad

© George Chapman

Now was bright Hero weary of the day,

Thought an Olympiad in Leander's stay.

As Ireland Wore the Green

© Henry Lawson

BY RIGHT of birth in southern land I send my warning forth.
I see my country ruined by the wrongs that damned the North.
And shall I stand with fireless eyes and still and silent mouth
While Mammon builds his Londons on the fair fields of the South?

Communion

© Edward Dowden

Lord, I have knelt and tried to pray to-night,

But Thy love came upon me like a sleep,

Sirmione

© Robert Laurence Binyon

Give me your hand, Beloved! I cannot see;
So close from shadowy--branching tree to tree
Dark leaves hang over us. How vast and still
Night sleeps! and yet a murmur, a low thrill,

Of The Nature Of Things: Book IV - Part 02 - Existence And Character Of The Images

© Lucretius

But since I've taught already of what sort

The seeds of all things are, and how distinct

To Jean Ingelow

© Paul Hamilton Hayne

BRAVE lyrist! like the sky-lark, heaven-possessed,
Thy glance is sunward; and thy soul grown wise,
Fronts the full splendor of Apollo's eyes,
While following still thy muse's high behest:

Four Riddles

© Lewis Carroll

I
There was an ancient City, stricken down
With a strange frenzy, and for many a day
They paced from morn to eve the crowded town,
And danced the night away.

Of The Nature Of Things: Book II - Part 03 - Atomic Forms And Their Combinations

© Lucretius

Now come, and next hereafter apprehend

What sorts, how vastly different in form,

Autumn Wealth

Of course, there is no lack of faithful Christians ,too.
Most of Lithuanians are men of good character;
They love their families, obey the will of God.
Each day live saintly lives, steer clear of all misdeeds,
And rule their modest homes with kind parental care.

Constable MCartys Investigations

© Henry Lawson

Most unpleasantly adjacent to the haunts of lower orders

Stood a terrace in the city when the current year began,

Jerusalem Delivered - Book 04 - part 01

THE ARGUMENT.

Satan his fiends and assembleth all,

The Spagnoletto. Act II

© Emma Lazarus

Ball in the Palace of DON JOHN. Dance. DON JOHN and MARIA
together. DON TOMMASO, ANNICCA. LORDS and LADIES, dancing or
promenading.

The Firing-Line

© Henry Lawson

In the dreadful din of a ghastly fight they are shooting, murdering, men;
In the smothering silence of ghastly peace we murder with tongue and pen.
Where is heard the tap of the typewriterwhere the track of reform they mine
Where they stand to the frame or the linotypewe are all in the firingline.