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POETICAL SKETCHES.
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By W. B.
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London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXXXIII.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
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TO SPRING.
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O thou, with dewy locks, who lookest down
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Thro' the clear windows of the morning; turn
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Thine angel eyes upon our western isle,
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Which in full choir hails thy approach, O Spring!
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The hills tell each other, and the list'ning
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Vallies hear; all our longing eyes are turned
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Up to thy bright pavillions: issue forth,
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And let thy holy feet visit our clime.
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Come o'er the eastern hills, and let our winds
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Kiss thy perfumed garments; let us taste
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Thy morn and evening breath; scatter thy pearls
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Upon our love-sick land that mourns for thee.
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O deck her forth with thy fair fingers; pour
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Thy soft kisses on her bosom; and put
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Thy golden crown upon her languish'd head,
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Whose modest tresses were bound up for thee!
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TO SUMMER.
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O thou, who passest thro' our vallies in
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Thy strength, curb thy fierce steeds, allay the heat
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That flames from their large nostrils! thou, O Summer,
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Oft pitched'st here thy golden tent, and oft
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Beneath our oaks hast slept, while we beheld
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With joy, thy ruddy limbs and flourishing hair.
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Beneath our thickest shades we oft have heard
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Thy voice, when noon upon his fervid car
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Rode o'er the deep of heaven; beside our springs
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Sit down, and in our mossy vallies, on
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Some bank beside a river clear, throw thy
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Silk draperies off, and rush into the stream:
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Our vallies love the Summer in his pride.
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Our bards are fam'd who strike the silver wire:
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Our youth are bolder than the southern swains:
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Our maidens fairer in the sprightly dance:
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We lack not songs, nor instruments of joy,
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Nor echoes sweet, nor waters clear as heaven,
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Nor laurel wreaths against the sultry heat.
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TO AUTUMN
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O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained
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With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
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Beneath my shady roof, there thou may'st rest,
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And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe;
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And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
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Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.
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"The narrow bud opens her beauties to
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"The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
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"Blossoms hang round the brows of morning, and
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"Flourish down the bright cheek of modest eve,
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"Till clust'ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
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"And feather'd clouds strew flowers round her head.
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"The spirits of the air live on the smells
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"Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round
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"The gardens, or sits singing in the trees."
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Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat,
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Then rose, girded himself, and o'er the bleak
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Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load.
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TO WINTER.
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O Winter! bar thine adamantine doors:
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The north is thine; there hast thou built thy dark
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Deep-founded habitation. Shake not thy roofs,
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Nor bend thy pillars with thine iron car.
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He hears me not, but o'er the yawning deep
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Rides heavy; his storms are unchain'd; sheathed
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In ribbed steel, I dare not lift mine eyes;
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For he hath rear'd his sceptre o'er the world.
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Lo! now the direful monster, whose skin clings
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To his strong bones, strides o'er the groaning rocks:
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He withers all in silence, and his hand t1020
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Unclothes the earth, and freezes up frail life.
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He takes his seat upon the cliffs, the mariner
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Cries in vain. Poor little wretch! that deal'st
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With storms; till heaven smiles, and the monster
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Is driv'n yelling to his caves beneath mount Hecla.
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TO THE
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EVENING STAR.
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Thou fair-hair'd angel of the evening,
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Now, while the sun rests on the mountains, light t1021
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Thy bright torch of love; thy radiant crown
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Put on, and smile upon our evening bed!
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Smile on our loves; and, while thou drawest the
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Blue curtains of the sky, scatter thy silver dew
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On every flower that shuts its sweet eyes
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In timely sleep. Let thy west wind sleep on
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The lake; speak si[l]ence with thy glimmering eyes,
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And wash the dusk with silver. Soon, full soon,
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Dost thou withdraw; then the wolf rages wide,
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And the lion glares thro' the dun forest:
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The fleeces of our flocks are cover'd with
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Thy sacred dew: protect them with thine influence.
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TO MORNING.
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O holy virgin! clad in purest white,
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Unlock heav'n's golden gates, and issue forth;
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Awake the dawn that sleeps in heaven; let light
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Rise from the chambers of the east, and bring
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The honied dew that cometh on waking day.
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O radiant morning, salute the sun,
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Rouz'd like a huntsman to the chace; and, with
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Thy buskin'd feet, appear upon our hills.
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FAIR ELENOR.
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The bell struck one, and shook the silent tower;
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The graves give up their dead: fair
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Walk'd by the castle gate, and looked in.
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A hollow groan ran thro' the dreary vaults.
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She shriek'd aloud, and sunk upon the steps
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On the cold stone her pale cheek. Sickly smells t1022
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Of death, issue as from a sepulchre,
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And all is silent but the sighing vaults.
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Chill death withdraws his hand, and she revives;
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Amaz'd, she finds herself upon her feet,
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And, like a ghost, thro' narrow passages
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Walking, feeling the cold walls with her hands.
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Fancy returns, and now she thinks of bones,
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And grinning skulls, and corruptible death,
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Wrap'd in his shroud; and now, fancies she hears
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Deep sighs, and sees pale sickly ghosts gliding.
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At length, no fancy, but reality
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Distracts her. A rushing sound, and the feet
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Of one that fled, approaches--Ellen stood,
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Like a dumb statue, froze to stone with fear.
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The wretch approaches, crying, "The deed is done;
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"Take this, and send it by whom thou wilt send;
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"It is my life--send it to Elenor:--
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"He's dead, and howling after me for blood!
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"Take this," he cry'd; and thrust into her arms
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A wet napkin, wrap'd about; then rush'd
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Past, howling: she receiv'd into her arms
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Pale death, and follow'd on the wings of fear.
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They pass'd swift thro' the outer gate; the wretch,
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Howling, leap'd o'er the wall into the moat,
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Stifling in mud. Fair Ellen pass'd the bridge,
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And heard a gloomy voice cry, "Is it done?"
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As the deer wounded Ellen flew over
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The pathless plain; as the arrows that fly
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By night; destruction flies, and strikes in darkness,
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She fled from fear, till at her house arriv'd.
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Her maids await her; on her bed she falls,
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That bed of joy, where erst her lord hath press'd:
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"Ah, woman's fear!" she cry'd; "Ah, cursed duke!
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"Ah, my dear lord! ah, wretched Elenor!
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"My lord was like a flower upon the brows
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"Of lusty May! Ah, life as frail as flower!
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"O ghastly death! withdraw thy cruel hand,
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"Seek'st thou that flow'r to deck thy horrid temples?
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"My lord was like a star, in highest heav'n
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"Drawn down to earth by spells and wickedness:
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"My lord was like the opening eyes of day,
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"When western winds creep softly o'er the flowers:
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"But he is darken'd; like the summer's noon,
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"Clouded; fall'n like the stately tree, cut down;
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"The breath of heaven dwelt among his leaves.
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"O Elenor, weak woman, fill'd with woe!"
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Thus having spoke, she raised up her head,
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And saw the bloody napkin by her side,
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Which in her arms she brought; and now, tenfold
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More terrified, saw it unfold itself.
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Her eyes were fix'd; the bloody cloth unfolds,
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Disclosing to her sight the murder'd head
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Of her dear lord, all ghastly pale, clotted
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With gory blood; it groan'd, and thus it spake:
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"O Elenor, behold thy husband's head, t1023
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"Who, sleeping on the stones of yonder tower,
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"Was 'reft of life, by the accursed duke!
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"A hired villain turn'd my sleep to death!
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"O Elenor, beware the cursed duke,
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"O give not him thy hand, now I am dead;
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"He seeks thy love; who, coward, in the night,
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"Hired a villain to bereave my life."
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She sat with dead cold limbs, stiffen'd to stone;
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She took the gory head up in her arms;
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She kiss'd the pale lips; she had no tears to shed;
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She hugg'd it to her breast, and groan'd her last.
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SONG.
PS-Song"HowSweet"1; E412|
How sweet I roam'd from field to field,
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And tasted all the summer's pride,
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'Till I the prince of love beheld,
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Who in the sunny beams did glide!
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He shew'd me lilies for my hair,
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And blushing roses for my brow;
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He led me through his gardens far,
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Where all his golden pleasures grow,
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With sweet May dews my wings were wet,
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And Phoebus fir'd my vocal rage;
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He caught me in his silken net,
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And shut me in his golden cage.
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He loves to sit and hear me sing,
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Then, laughing, sports and plays with me;
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Then stretches out my golden wing,
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And mocks my loss of liberty.
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SONG.
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My silks and fine array,
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My smiles and languish'd air,
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By love are driv'n away;
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And mournful lean Despair
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Brings me yew to deck my grave:
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Such end true lovers have.
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His face is fair as heav'n,
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When springing buds unfold;
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O why to him wast giv'n,
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Whose heart is wintry cold?
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His breast is love's all worship'd tomb,
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Where all love's pilgrims come,
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Bring me an axe and spade,
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Bring me a winding sheet;
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When I my grave have made,
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Let winds and tempests beat:
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Then down I'll lie, as cold as clay.
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True love doth pass away!
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SONG.
PS-Song"LoveAndHarmony"1; E413|
Love and harmony combine,
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And around our souls intwine,
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While thy branches mix with mine,
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And our roots together join.
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Joys upon our branches sit,
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Chirping loud, and singing sweet;
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Like gentle streams beneath our feet
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Innocence and virtue meet.
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Thou the golden fruit dost bear,
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I am clad in flowers fair;
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Thy sweet boughs perfume the air,
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And the turtle buildeth there.
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There she sits and feeds her young,
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Sweet I hear her mournful song;
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And thy lovely leaves among,
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There is love: I hear his tongue. t1024
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There his charming nest doth lay,
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There he sleeps the night away;
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There he sports along the day,
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And doth among our branches play.
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SONG.
PS-Song"ILove"1; E414|
I love the jocund dance,
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The softly-breathing song,
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Where innocent eyes do glance,
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And where lisps the maiden's tongue.
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I love the laughing vale,
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I love the echoing hill,
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Where mirth does never fail,
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And the jolly swain laughs his fill.
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I love the pleasant cot,
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I love the innocent bow'r.
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Where white and brown is our lot,
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Or fruit in the mid-day hour.
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I love the oaken seat,
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Beneath the oaken tree,
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Where all the old villagers meet,
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And laugh our sports to see.
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I love our neighbours all,
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But, Kitty, I better love thee;
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And love them I ever shall,
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But thou art all to me.
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SONG.
PS-Song"Memory"1; E415|
Memory, hither come,
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And tune your merry notes;
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And, while upon the wind,
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Your music floats,
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I'll pore upon the stream,
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Where sighing lovers dream,
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And fish for fancies as they pass
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Within the watery glass.
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I'll drink of the clear stream,
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And hear the linnet's song;
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And there I'll lie and dream
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The day along:
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And, when night comes, I'll go
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To places fit for woe;
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Walking along the darken'd valley,
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With silent Melancholy.
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MAD SONG.
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The wild winds weep,
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And the night is a-cold;
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Come hither, Sleep,
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And my griefs infold: t1025
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But lo! the morning peeps
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Over the eastern steeps,
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And the rustling birds of dawn t1026
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The earth do scorn.
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Lo! to the vault
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Of paved heaven,
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With sorrow fraught
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My notes are driven:
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They strike the ear of night,
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Make weep the eyes of day;
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They make mad the roaring winds,
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And with tempests play.
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Like a fiend in a cloud
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With howling woe,
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After night I do croud,
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And with night will go;
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I turn my back to the east,
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From whence comforts have increas'd;
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For light doth seize my brain
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With frantic pain.
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SONG.
PS-Song"FreshFrom"1; E416|
Fresh from the dewy hill, the merry year
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Smiles on my head, and mounts his flaming car;
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Round my young brows the laurel wreathes a shade,
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And rising glories beam around my head.
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My feet are wing'd, while o'er the dewy lawn,
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I meet my maiden, risen like the morn:
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Oh bless those holy feet, like angels' feet;
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Oh bless those limbs, beaming with heav'nly light!
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Like as an angel glitt'ring in the sky,
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In times of innocence, and holy joy;
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The joyful shepherd stops his grateful song,
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To hear the music of an angel's tongue.
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So when she speaks, the voice of Heaven I hear
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So when we walk, nothing impure comes near;
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Each field seems Eden, and each calm retreat;
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Each village seems the haunt of holy feet.
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But that sweet village where my black-ey'd maid,
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Closes her eyes in sleep beneath night's shade:
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Whene'er I enter, more than mortal fire
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Burns in my soul, and does my song inspire.
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SONG.
PS-Song"WhenEarly"1; E416|
When early morn walks forth in sober grey;
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Then to my black ey'd maid I haste away,
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When evening sits beneath her dusky bow'r,
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And gently sighs away the silent hour;
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The village bell alarms, away I go;
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And the vale darkens at my pensive woe.
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To that sweet village, where my black ey'd maid
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Doth drop a tear beneath the silent shade,
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I turn my eyes; and, pensive as I go,
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Curse my black stars, and bless my pleasing woe.
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Oft when the summer sleeps among the trees,
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Whisp'ring faint murmurs to the scanty breeze,
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I walk the village round; if at her side
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A youth doth walk in stolen joy and pride,
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I curse my stars in bitter grief and woe,
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That made my love so high, and me so low.
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O should she e'er prove false, his limbs I'd tear,
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And throw all pity on the burning air;
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I'd curse bright fortune for my mixed lot,
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And then I'd die in peace, and be forgot.
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TO THE MUSES.
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Whether on Ida's shady brow,
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Or in the chambers of the East,
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The chambers of the sun, that now
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From antient melody have ceas'd;
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Whether in Heav'n ye wander fair,
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Or the green corners of the earth,
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Or the blue regions of the air,
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Where the melodious winds have birth;
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Whether on chrystal rocks ye rove,
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Beneath the bosom of the sea
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Wand'ring in many a coral grove,
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Fair Nine, forsaking Poetry!
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How have you left the antient love
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That bards of old enjoy'd in you!
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The languid strings do scarcely move!
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The sound is forc'd, the notes are few!
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GWIN, KING OF NORWAY.
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Come, kings, and listen to my song,
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When Gwin, the son of Nore,
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Over the nations of the North
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His cruel sceptre bore:
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The Nobles of the land did feed
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Upon the hungry Poor;
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They tear the poor man's lamb, and drive
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The needy from their door!
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The land is desolate; our wives t1027
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And children cry for bread;
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Arise, and pull the tyrant down;
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Let Gwin be humbled.
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Gordred the giant rous'd himself
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From sleeping in his cave;
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He shook the hills, and in the clouds
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The troubl'd banners wave.
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Beneath them roll'd, like tempests black,
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The num'rous sons of blood;
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Like lions' whelps, roaring abroad,
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Seeking their nightly food.
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Down Bleron's hills they dreadful rush,
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Their cry ascends the clouds;
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The trampling horse, and clanging arms
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Like rushing mighty floods!
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Their wives and children, weeping loud,
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Follow in wild array,
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Howling like ghosts, furious as wolves
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In the bleak wintry day.
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"Pull down the tyrant to the dust,
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"Let Gwin be humbled,"
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They cry; "and let ten thousand lives
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"Pay for the tyrant's head."
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From tow'r to tow'r the watchmen cry,
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"O Gwin, the son of Nore,
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"Arouse thyself! the nations black,
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"Like clouds, come rolling o'er!"
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Gwin rear'd his shield, his palace shakes,
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His chiefs come rushing round;
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Each, like an awful thunder cloud,
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With voice of solemn sound.
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Like reared stones around a grave
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They stand around the King;
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Then suddenly each seiz'd his spear,
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And clashing steel does ring,
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The husbandman does leave his plow,
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To wade thro' fields of gore;
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The merchant binds his brows in steel,
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And leaves the trading shore:
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The shepherd leaves his mellow pipe,
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And sounds the trumpet shrill;
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The workman throws his hammer down
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To heave the bloody bill.
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Like the tall ghost of Barraton,
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Who sports in stormy sky,
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Gwin leads his host as black as night,
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When pestilence does fly.
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With horses and with chariots--
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And all his spearmen bold,
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March to the sound of mournful song,
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Like clouds around him roll'd.
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Gwin lifts his hand--the nations halt;
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"Prepare for war," he cries--
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Gordred appears!--his frowning brow t1028
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Troubles our northern skies.
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The armies stand, like balances
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Held in th' Almighty's hand;--
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"Gwin, thou hast fill'd thy measure up,
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"Thou'rt swept from out the land."
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And now the raging armies rush'd,
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Like warring mighty seas;
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The Heav'ns are shook with roaring war,
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The dust ascends the skies!
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Earth smokes with blood, and groans, and shakes,
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To drink her childrens' gore,
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A sea of blood; nor can the eye
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See to the trembling shore!
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And on the verge of this wild sea
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Famine and death doth cry;
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The cries of women and of babes.
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Over the field doth fly.
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The King is seen raging afar;
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With all his men of might;
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Like blazing comets, scattering death
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Thro' the red fev'rous night.
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Beneath his arm like sheep they die,
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And groan upon the plain;
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The battle faints, and bloody men
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Fight upon hills of slain.
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Now death is sick, and riven men
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Labour and toil for life;
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Steed rolls on steed, and shield on shield,
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Sunk in this sea of strife!
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The god of war is drunk with blood,
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The earth doth faint and fail;
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The stench of blood makes sick the heav'ns;
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Ghosts glut the throat of hell!
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O what have Kings to answer for,
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Before that awful throne!
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When thousand deaths for vengeance cry,
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And ghosts accusing groan!
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Like blazing comets in the sky,
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That shake the stars of light,
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Which drop like fruit unto the earth,
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Thro' the fierce burning night;
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Like these did Gwin and Gordred meet,
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And the first blow decides;
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Down from the brow unto the breast
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Gordred his head divides!
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Gwin fell; the Sons of Norway fled,
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All that remain'd alive;
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The rest did fill the vale of death,
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For them the eagles strive.
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The river Dorman roll'd their blood
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Into the northern sea;
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Who mourn'd his sons, and overwhelm'd
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The pleasant south country.
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AN
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IMITATION OF SPEN[S]ER. t1029
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Golden Apollo, that thro' heaven wide
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Scatter'st the rays of light, and truth's beams!
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In lucent words my darkling verses dight,
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And wash my earthy mind in thy clear streams,
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That wisdom may descend in fairy dreams:
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All while the jocund hours in thy train
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Scatter their fancies at thy poet's feet;
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And when thou yields to night thy wide domain, t1030
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Let rays of truth enlight his sleeping brain.
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For brutish Pan in vain might thee assay
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With tinkling sounds to dash thy nervous verse,
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Sound without sense; yet in his rude affray,
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(For ignorance is Folly's leesing nurse, t1031
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And love of Folly needs none other curse;) t1032
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Midas the praise hath gain'd of lengthen'd eares, t1033
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For which himself might deem him neer the worse
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To sit in council with his modern peers,
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And judge of tinkling rhimes, and elegances terse.
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And thou, Mercurius, that with winged brow
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Dost mount aloft into the yielding sky,
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And thro' Heav'n's halls thy airy flight dost throw,
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Entering with holy feet to where on high
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Jove weighs the counsel of futurity;
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Then, laden with eternal fate, dost go
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Down, like a falling star, from autumn sky,
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And o'er the surface of the silent deep dost fly.
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If thou arrivest at the sandy shore,
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Where nought but envious hissing adders dwell,
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Thy golden rod, thrown on the dusty floor,
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Can charm to harmony with potent spell;
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Such is sweet Eloquence, that does dispel
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Envy and Hate, that thirst for human gore:
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And cause in sweet society to dwell
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Vile savage minds that lurk in lonely cell.
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O Mercury, assist my lab'ring sense,
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That round the circle of the world wou'd fly!
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As the wing'd eagle scorns the tow'ry fence
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Of Alpine hills round his high aery,
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And searches thro' the corners of the sky,
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Sports in the clouds to hear the thunder's sound,
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And see the winged lightnings as they fly, t1034
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Then, bosom'd in an amber cloud, around
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Plumes his wide wings, and seeks Sol's palace high.
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And thou, O warrior maid, invincible, t1035
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Arm'd with the terrors of Almighty Jove!
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Pallas, Minerva, maiden terrible,
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Lov'st thou to walk the peaceful solemn grove,
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In solemn gloom of branches interwove?
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Or bear'st thy Egis o'er the burning field,
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Where, like the sea, the waves of battle move?
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Or have thy soft piteous eyes beheld
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The weary wanderer thro' the desert rove?
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Or does th' afflicted man thy heav'nly bosom move?
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BLIND-MAN'S BUFF.
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When silver Snow decks Susan's cloaths,
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And jewel hangs at th' shepherd's nose,
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The blushing bank is all my care,
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With hearth so red, and walls so fair;
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"Heap the sea-coal; come, heap it higher,
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"The oaken log lay on the fire:"
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The well-wash'd stools, a circling row,
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With lad and lass, how fair the show!
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The merry can of nut-brown ale,
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The laughing jest, the love-sick tale,
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'Till tir'd of chat, the game begins,
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The lasses prick the lads with pins;
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Roger from Dolly twitch'd the stool,
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She falling, kiss'd the ground, poor fool!
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She blush'd so red, with side-long glance
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At hob-nail Dick, who griev'd the chance.
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But now for Blind-man's Buff they call;
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Of each incumbrance clear the hall--
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Jenny her silken kerchief folds,
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And blear-ey'd Will the black lot holds;
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Now laughing, stops, with "Silence! hush!"
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And Peggy Pout gives Sam a push.--
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The Blind-man's arms, extended wide,
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Sam slips between;--"O woe betide
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Thee, clumsy Will!"--but titt'ring Kate
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Is pen'd up in the corner strait!
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And now Will's eyes beheld the play,
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He thought his face was t'other way.---
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"Now, Kitty, now; what chance hast thou,
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"Roger so near thee, Trips; I vow!["]
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She catches him--then Roger ties
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His own head up--but not his eyes;
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For thro' the slender cloth he sees,
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And runs at Sam, who slips with ease
PS-BlindMan'sBuff35; E422|
His clumsy hold; and, dodging round,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff36; E422|
Sukey is tumbled on the ground!---
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"See what it is to play unfair!
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"Where cheating is, there's mischief there."
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But Roger still pursues the chace,--
PS-BlindMan'sBuff40; E422|
"He sees! he sees!["] cries softly Grace;
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"O Roger, thou, unskill'd in art,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff42; E422|
"Must, surer bound, go thro' thy part!"
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Now Kitty, pert, repeats the rhymes,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff44; E422|
And Roger turns him round three times;
PS-BlindMan'sBuff45; E422|
Then pauses ere he starts--but Dick
PS-BlindMan'sBuff46; E422|
Was mischief bent upon a trick:
PS-BlindMan'sBuff47; E422|
Down on his hands and knees he lay,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff48; E422|
Directly in the Blind-man's way--
PS-BlindMan'sBuff49; E422|
Then cries out, "Hem!" Hodge heard, and ran
PS-BlindMan'sBuff50; E423|
With hood-wink'd chance--sure of his man;
PS-BlindMan'sBuff51; E423|
But down he came.--Alas, how frail
PS-BlindMan'sBuff52; E423|
Our best of hopes, how soon they fail!
PS-BlindMan'sBuff53; E423|
With crimson drops he stains the ground,
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Confusion startles all around!
PS-BlindMan'sBuff55; E423|
Poor piteous Dick supports his head,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff56; E423|
And fain would cure the hurt he made;
PS-BlindMan'sBuff57; E423|
But Kitty hasted with a key,
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And down his back they strait convey
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The cold relief--the blood is stay'd,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff60; E423|
And Hodge again holds up his head.
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Such are the fortunes of the game,
PS-BlindMan'sBuff62; E423|
And those who play should stop the same
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By wholesome laws; such as[:]all those
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Who on the blinded man impose, t1036
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Stand in his stead; as long a-gone
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When men were first a nation grown;
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Lawless they liv'd--till wantonness
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And liberty began t' increase;
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And one man lay in another's way,
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Then laws were made to keep fair play.
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KING EDWARD THE THIRD.
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PERSONS.
PS-KE3; E423|
King Edward. - Lord Audley.
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The Black Prince. - Lord Percy.
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Queen Philippa. - Bishop.
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Duke of Clarence. - William, Dagworth's Man.
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Sir John Chandos.
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Sir Thomas Dagworth. - Peter Blunt, a common Soldier.
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Sir Walter Manny.
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SCENE [1], The Coast of France, King Edward and Nobles. The Army.
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King.
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O thou, to whose fury the nations are
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But as dust! maintain thy servant's right.
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Without thine aid, the twisted mail, and spear,
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And forged helm, and shield of seven times beaten brass,
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Are idle trophies of the vanquisher.
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When confusion rages, when the field is in a flame,
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When the cries of blood tear horror from heav'n,
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And yelling death runs up and down the ranks,
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Let Liberty, the charter'd right of Englishmen,
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Won by our fathers in many a glorious field,
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Enerve my soldiers; let Liberty
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Blaze in each countenance, and fire the battle.
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The enemy fight in chains, invisible chains, but heavy;
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Their minds are fetter'd; then how can they be free,
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While, like the mounting flame,
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We spring to battle o'er the floods of death?
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And these fair youths, the flow'r of England,
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Vent'ring their lives in my most righteous cause,
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O sheathe their hearts with triple steel, that they
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May emulate their fathers' virtues.
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And thou, my son, be strong; thou fightest for a crown
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That death can never ravish from thy brow,
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A crown of glory: but from thy very dust
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Shall beam a radiance, to fire the breasts
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Of youth unborn! Our names are written equal
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In fame's wide trophied hall; 'tis ours to gild
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The letters, and to make them shine with gold
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That never tarnishes: whether Third Edward,
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Or the Prince of Wales, or Montacute, or Mortimer,
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Or ev'n the least by birth, shall gain the brightest fame,
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Is in his hand to whom all men are equal.
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The world of men are like the num'rous stars,
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That beam and twinkle in the depth of night,
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Each clad in glory according to his sphere;--
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But we, that wander from our native seats,
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And beam forth lustre on a darkling world,
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Grow larger as we advance! and some perhaps
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The most obscure at home, that scarce were seen
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To twinkle in their sphere, may so advance,
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That the astonish'd world, with up-turn'd eyes,
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Regardless of the moon, and those that once were bright,
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Stand only for to gaze upon their splendor!
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[He here knights the Prince, and other young Nobles.]
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Now let us take a just revenge for those
PS-KE3-1.44; E424|
Brave Lords, who fell beneath the bloody axe
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At Paris. Thanks, noble Harcourt, for 'twas
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By your advice we landed here in Brittany--
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A country not yet sown with destruction,
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And where the fiery whirlwind of swift war
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Has not yet swept its desolating wing.---
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Into three parties we divide by day,
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And separate march, but join again at night:
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Each knows his rank, and Heav'n marshal all. [Exeunt.
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King Edward III SCENE [2], English Court; Lionel, Duke of Clarence;
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Queen Philippa, Lords, Bishop, &c.
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Clarence.
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My Lords, I have, by the advice of her
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Whom I am doubly bound to obey, my Parent
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And my Sovereign, call'd you together.
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My task is great, my burden heavier than
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My unfledg'd years;
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Yet, with your kind assistance, Lords, I hope
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England shall dwell in peace; that while my father
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Toils in his wars, and turns his eyes on this
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His native shore, and sees commerce fly round
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With his white wings, and sees his golden London,
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And her silver Thames, throng'd with shining spires
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And corded ships; her merchants buzzing round
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Like summer bees, and all the golden cities
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In his land, overflowing with honey,
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Glory may not be dimm'd with clouds of care.
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Say, Lords, should not our thoughts be first to commerce?
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My Lord Bishop, you would recommend us agriculture?
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Bishop. Sweet Prince! the arts of peace are great,
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And no less glorious than those of war,
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Perhaps more glorious in the ph[i]losophic mind.
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When I sit at my home, a private man,
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My thoughts are on my gardens, and my fields,
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How to employ the hand that lacketh bread.
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If Industry is in my diocese,
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Religion will flourish; each man's heart
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Is cultivated, and will bring forth fruit:
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This is my private duty and my pleasure.
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But as I sit in council with my prince,
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My thoughts take in the gen'ral good of the whole,
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And England is the land favour'd by Commerce;
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For Commerce, tho' the child of Agriculture,
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Fosters his parent, who else must sweat and toil,
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And gain but scanty fare. Then, my dear Lord,
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Be England's trade our care; and we, as tradesmen,
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Looking to the gain of this our native land.
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Clar. O my good Lord, true wisdom drops like honey
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From your tongue, as from a worship'd oak!
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Forgive, my Lords, my talkative youth, that speaks
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Not merely what my narrow observation has
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Pick'd up, but what I have concluded from your lessons:
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Now, by the Queen's advice, I ask your leave
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To dine to-morrow with the Mayor of London:
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If I obtain your leave, I have another boon
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To ask, which is, the favour of your company;
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I fear Lord Percy will not give me leave.
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Percy. Dear Sir, a prince should always keep his state,
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And grant his favours with a sparing hand,
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Or they are never rightly valued.
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These are my thoughts, yet it were best to go;
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But keep a proper dignity, for now
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You represent the sacred person of
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Your father; 'tis with princes as 'tis with the sun,
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If not sometimes o'er-clouded, we grow weary
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Of his officious glory.
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Clar. Then you will give me leave to shine sometimes,
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My Lord?
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Lord. Thou hast a gallant spirit, which I fear
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Will be imposed on by the closer sort! [Aside.
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Clar. Well, I'll endeavour to take
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Lord Percy's advice; I have been used so much
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To dignity, that I'm sick on't.
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Queen Phil. Fie, Fie, Lord Clarence; you proceed not to business,
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But speak of your own pleasures.
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I hope their Lordships will excuse your giddiness.
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Clar. My Lords, the French have fitted out many
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Small ships of war, that, like to ravening wolves,
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Infest our English seas, devouring all
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Our burden'd vessels, spoiling our naval flocks.
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The merchants do complain, and beg our aid.
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Percy. The merchants are rich enough;
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Can they not help themselves?
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Bish. They can, and may; but how to gain their will,
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Requires our countenance and help.
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Percy. When that they find they must, my Lord, they will:
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Let them but suffer awhile, and you shall see
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They will bestir themselves.
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Bish. Lord Percy cannot mean that we should suffer
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This disgrace; if so, we are not sovereigns
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Of the sea; our right, that Heaven gave
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To England, when at the birth of nature
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She was seated in the deep, the Ocean ceas'd
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His mighty roar; and, fawning, play'd around
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Her snowy feet, and own'd his awful Queen. t1038
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Lord Percy, if the heart is sick, the head
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Must be aggriev'd; if but one member suffer,
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The heart doth fail. You say, my Lord, the merchants
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Can, if they will, defend themselves against
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These rovers: this is a noble scheme,
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Worthy the brave Lord Percy, and as worthy
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His generous aid to put it into practice,
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Percy. Lord Bishop, what was rash in me, is wise
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In you; I dare not own the plan. 'Tis not
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Mine. Yet will I, if you please,
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Quickly to the Lord Mayor, and work him onward
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To this most glorious voyage, on which cast
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I'll set my whole estate.
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But we will bring these Gallic rovers under.
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Queen Phil. Thanks, brave Lord Percy; you have the thanks
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Of England's Queen, and will, ere long, of England.
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[Exeunt.
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King Edward III SCENE [3], At Cressey. Sir Thomas Dagworth and
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Lord Audley, meeting.
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Aud. Good morrow, brave Sir Thomas; the bright morn
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Smiles on our army, and the gallant sun
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Springs from the hills like a young hero
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Into the battle, shaking his golden locks
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Exultingly; this is a promising day.
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Dagw. Why, my Lord Audley, I don't know.
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Give me your hand, and now I'll tell you what
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I think you do not know--Edward's afraid of Philip.
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Aud. Ha, Ha, Sir Thomas! you but joke;
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Did you e'er see him fear? At Blanchetaque, t1039
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When almost singly he drove six thousand
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French from the ford, did he fear then?
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Dagw. Yes, fear; that made him fight so.
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Aud. By the same reason I might say, 'tis fear
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That makes you fight.
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Dagw. Mayhap you may; look upon Edward's face--
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No one can say he fears. But when he turns
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His back, then I will say it to his face,
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He is afraid; he makes us all afraid.
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I cannot bear the enemy at my back.
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Now here we are at Cressy; where, to-morrow,
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To-morrow we shall know. I say, Lord Audley,
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That Edward runs away from Philip.
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Aud. Perhaps you think the Prince too is afraid?
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Dagw. No; God forbid! I'm sure he is not--
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He is a young lion. O I have seen him fight,
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And give command, and lightning has flashed
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From his eyes across the field; I have seen him
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Shake hands with death, and strike a bargain for
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The enemy; he has danc'd in the field
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Of battle, like the youth at morrice play.
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I'm sure he's not afraid, nor Warwick, nor none,
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None of us but me; and I am very much afraid.
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Aud. Are you afraid too, Sir Thomas?
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I believe that as much as I believe
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The King's afraid; but what are you afraid of?
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Dagw. Of having my back laid open; we turn
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Our backs to the fire, till we shall burn our skirts.
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Aud. And this, Sir Thomas, you call fear? Your fear
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Is of a different kind then from the King's;
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He fears to turn his face, and you to turn your back.--
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I do not think, Sir Thomas, you know what fear is.
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Enter Sir John Chandos.
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Chand. Good morrow, Generals; I give you joy:
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Welcome to the fields of Cressy. Here we stop,
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And wait for Philip.
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Dagw. I hope so.
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Aud. There, Sir Thomas; do you call that fear?
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Dagw. I don't know; perhaps he takes it by fits.
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Why, noble Chandos, look you here--
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One rotten sheep spoils the whole flock;
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And if the bell-weather is tainted, I wish
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The Prince may not catch the distemper too.
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Chand. Distemper, Sir Thomas! what distemper?
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I have not heard.
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Dagw. Why, Chandos, you are a wise man,
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I know you understand me; a distemper
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The King caught here in France of running away.
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Aud. Sir Thomas, you say, you have caught it too.
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Dag. And so will the whole army; 'tis very catching,
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For when the coward runs, the brave man totters.
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Perhaps the air of the country is the cause.--
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I feel it coming upon me, so I strive against it;
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You yet are whole, but after a few more
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Retreats, we all shall know how to retreat
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Better than fight.--To be plain, I think retreating
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Too often, takes away a soldier's courage.
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Chand. Here comes the King himself; tell him your thoughts
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Plainly, Sir Thomas.
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Dagw. I've told him before, but his disorder
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Makes him deaf.
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Enter King Edward and Black Prince.
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King. Good morrow, Generals; when English courage
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fails,
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Down goes our right to France;
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But we are conquerors every where; nothing
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Can stand our soldiers; each man is worthy
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Of a triumph. Such an army of heroes
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Neer shouted to the Heav'ns, nor shook the field.
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Edward, my son, thou art
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Most happy, having such command; the man
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Were base who were not fir'd to deeds
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Above heroic, having such examples.
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Prince. Sire! with respect and deference I look
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Upon such noble souls, and wish myself
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Worthy the high command that Heaven and you
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Have given me. When I have seen the field glow,
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And in each countenance the soul of war
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Curb'd by the manliest reason, I have been wing'd
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With certain victory; and 'tis my boast,
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And shall be still my glory. I was inspir'd
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By these brave troops.
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Dagw. Your Grace had better make
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Them all Generals.
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King. Sir Thomas Dagworth, you must have your joke,
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And shall, while you can fight as you did at
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The Ford.
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Dagw. I have a small petition to your Majesty.
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King. What can Sir Thomas Dagworth ask, that Edward
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Can refuse?
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Dagw. I hope your Majesty cannot refuse so great
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A trifle; I've gilt your cause with my best blood,
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And would again, were I not forbid
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By him whom I am bound to obey: my hands
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Are tied up, my courage shrunk and wither'd,
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My sinews slacken'd, and my voice scarce heard;
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Therefore I beg I may return to England.
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King. I know not what you could have ask'd, Sir Thomas,
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That I would not have sooner parted with
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Than such a soldier as you have been, and such a friend;
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Nay, I will know the most remote particulars
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Of this your strange petition; that, if I can,
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I still may keep you here.
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Dagw. Here on the fields of Cressy we are settled,
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'Till Philip springs the tim'rous covey again.
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The Wolf is hunted down by causeless fear;
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The Lion flees, and fear usurps his heart;
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Startled, astonish'd at the clam'rous Cock;
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The Eagle, that doth gaze upon the sun,
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Fears the small fire that plays about the fen;
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If, at this moment of their idle fear,
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The Dog doth seize the Wolf, the Forester the Lion,
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The Negro in the crevice of the rock,
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Doth seize the soaring Eagle; undone by flight,
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They tame submit: such the effect flight has
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On noble souls. Now hear its opposite:
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The tim'rous Stag starts from the thicket wild,
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The fearful Crane springs from the splashy fen,
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The shining Snake glides o'er the bending grass,
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The Stag turns head! and bays the crying Hounds;
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The Crane o'ertaken, sighteth with the Hawk;
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The Snake doth turn, and bite the padding foot;
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And, if your Majesty's afraid of Philip,
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You are more like a Lion than a Crane:
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Therefore I beg I may return to England.
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King. Sir Thomas, now I understand your mirth,
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Which often plays with Wisdom for its pastime,
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And brings good counsel from the breast of laughter,
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I hope you'll stay, and see us fight this battle,
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And reap rich harvest in the fields of Cressy;
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Then go to England, tell them how we fight,
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And set all hearts on fire to be with us.
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Philip is plum'd, and thinks we flee from him,
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Else he would never dare to attack us. Now,
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Now the quarry's set! and Death doth sport
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In the bright sunshine of this fatal day.
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Dagw. Now my heart dances, and I am as light
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As the young bridegroom going to be married.
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Now must I to my soldiers, get them ready,
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Furbish our armours bright, new plume our helms,
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And we will sing, like the young housewives busied
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In the dairy; my feet are wing'd, but not
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For flight, an please your grace.
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King. If all my soldiers are as pleas'd as you,
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'Twill be a gallant thing to fight or die;
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Then I can never be afraid of Philip.
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Dagw. A raw-bond fellow t'other day pass'd by me;
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I told him to put off his hungry looks--
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He answer'd me, "I hunger for another battle."
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I saw a little Welchman with a fiery face;
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I told him he look'd like a candle half
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Burn'd out; he answer'd, he was "pig enough
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"To light another pattle." Last night, beneath
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The moon I walk'd abroad, when all had pitch'd
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Their tents, and all were still,
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I heard a blooming youth singing a song
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He had compos'd, and at each pause he wip'd
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His dropping eyes. The ditty was, "if he
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"Return'd victorious, he should wed a maiden
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"Fairer than snow, and rich as midsummer."
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Another wept, and wish'd health to his father.
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I chid them both, but gave them noble hopes.
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These are the minds that glory in the battle,
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And leap and dance to hear the trumpet sound.
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King. Sir Thomas Dagworth, be thou near our person;
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Thy heart is richer than the vales of France:
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I will not part with such a man as thee.
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If Philip came arm'd in the ribs of death,
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And shook his mortal dart against my head,
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Thoud'st laugh his fury into nerveless shame!
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Go now, for thou art suited to the work,
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Throughout the camp; enflame the timorous,
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Blow up the sluggish into ardour, and
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Confirm the strong with strength, the weak inspire,
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And wing their brows with hope and expectation:
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Then to our tent return, and meet to council. [Exit Dagworth.
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Chand. That man's a hero in his closet, and more
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A hero to the servants of his house
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Then to the gaping world; he carries windows
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In that enlarged breast of his, that all
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May see what's done within.
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Prince. He is a genuine Englishman, my Chandos,
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And hath the spirit of Liberty within him.
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Forgive my prejudice, Sir John; I think
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My Englishmen the bravest people on
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The face of the earth.
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Chand. Courage, my Lord, proceeds from self-dependence;
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Teach man to think he's a free agent,
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Give but a slave his liberty, he'll shake
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Off sloth, and build himself a hut, and hedge
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A spot of ground; this he'll defend; 'tis his
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By right of nature: thus set in action,
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He will still move onward to plan conveniences,
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'Till glory fires his breast to enlarge his castle,
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While the poor slave drudges all day, in hope
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To rest at night.
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King. O Liberty, how glorious art thou!
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I see thee hov'ring o'er my army, with
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Thy wide-stretch'd plumes; I see thee
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Lead them on to battle;
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I see thee blow thy golden trumpet, while
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Thy sons shout the strong shout of victory!
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O noble Chandos! think thyself a gardener,
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My son a vine, which I commit unto
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Thy care; prune all extravagant shoots, and guide
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Th' ambitious tendrils in the paths of wisdom;
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Water him with thy advice, and Heav'n
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Rain fresh'ning dew upon his branches. And,
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O Edward, my dear son! learn to think lowly of
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Thyself, as we may all each prefer other--
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'Tis the best policy, and 'tis our duty. [Exit King Edward.
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Prince. And may our duty, Chandos, be our pleasure--
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Now we are alone, Sir John, I will unburden,
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And breathe my hopes into the burning air,
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Where thousand deaths are posting up and down,
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Commission'd to this fatal field of Cressy;
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Methinks I see them arm my gallant soldiers,
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And gird the sword upon each thigh, and fit
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Each shining helm, and string each stubborn bow,
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And dance to the neighing of our steeds.
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Methinks the shout begins, the battle burns;
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Methinks I see them perch on English crests,
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And roar the wild flame of fierce war, upon
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The thronged enemy! In truth, I am too full;
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It is my sin to love the noise of war.
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Chandos, thou seest my weakness; strong nature
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Will bend or break us; my blood, like a springtide,
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Does rise so high, to overflow all bounds
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Of moderation; while Reason, in his t1041
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Frail bark, can see no shore or bound for vast
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Ambition. Come, take the helm, my Chandos,
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That my full-blown sails overset me not
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In the wild tempest; condemn my 'ventrous youth,
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That plays with danger, as the innocent child,
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Unthinking, plays upon the viper's den:
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I am a coward, in my reason, Chandos.
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Chand. You are a man, my prince, and a brave man,
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If I can judge of actions; but your heat
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Is the effect of youth, and want of use;
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Use makes the armed field and noisy war
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Pass over as a summer cloud, unregarded,
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Or but expected as a thing of course.
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Age is contemplative; each rolling, year
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Brings forth fruit to the mind's treasure-house;
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While vacant youth doth crave and seek about
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Within itself, and findeth discontent:
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Then, tir'd of thought, impatient takes the wing,
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Seizes the fruits of time, attacks experience,
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Roams round vast Nature's forest, where no bounds
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Are set, the swiftest may have room, the strongest
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Find prey; till tir'd at length, sated and tired
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With the changing sameness, old variety,
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We sit us down, and view our former joys
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With distaste and dislike.
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Prince. Then if we must tug for experience,
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Let us not fear to beat round Nature's wilds,
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And rouze the strongest prey; then if we fall,
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We fall with glory; I know the wolf
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Is dangerous to fight, not good for food,
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Nor is the hide a comely vestment; so
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We have our battle for our pains. I know
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That youth has need of age to point fit prey,
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And oft the stander-by shall steal the fruit
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Of th' other's labour. This is philosophy;
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These are the tricks of the world; but the pure soul
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Shall mount on native wings, disdaining
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Little sport, and cut a path into the heaven of glory,
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Leaving a track of light for men to wonder at.
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I'm glad my father does not hear me talk;
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You can find friendly excuses for me, Chandos;
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But do you not think, Sir John, that if it please
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Th' Almighty to stretch out my span of life,
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I shall with pleasure view a glorious action,
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Which my youth master'd.
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Chand. Considerate age, my Lord, views motives,
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And not acts; when neither warbling voice,
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Nor trilling pipe is heard, nor pleasure sits
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With trembling age; the voice of Conscience then,
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Sweeter than music in a summer's eve,
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Shall warble round the snowy head, and keep
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Sweet symphony to feather'd angels, sitting
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As guardians round your chair; then shall the pulse
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Beat slow, and taste, and touch, and sight, and sound, and smell,
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That sing and dance round Reason's fine-wrought throne,
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Shall flee away, and leave him all forlorn; t1042
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Yet not forlorn if Conscience is his friend. [Exeunt.
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King Edward III SCENE [4] in Sir Thomas Dagworth's Tent, Dagworth
and William his Man.
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Dagw. Bring hither my armour, William;
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Ambition is the growth of ev'ry clime.
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Will. Does it grow in England, Sir?
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Dagw. Aye, it grows most in lands most cultivated.
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Will. Then it grows most in France; the vines here
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Are finer than any we have in England.
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Dagw. Aye, but the oaks are not.
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Will. What is the tree you mentioned? I don't think I ever saw it.
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Dagw. Ambition.
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Will. Is it a little creeping root that grows in ditches?
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Dagw. Thou dost not understand me, William.
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It is a root that grows in every breast;
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Ambition is the desire or passion that one man
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Has to get before another, in any pursuit after glory;
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But I don't think you have any of it.
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Will. Yes, I have; I have a great ambition to know
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every thing, Sir.
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Dagw. But when our first ideas are wrong, what follows
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must all be wrong of course; 'tis best to know a little, and to
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know that little aright.
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Will. Then, Sir, I should be glad to know if it was not
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ambition that brought over our King to France to fight for his
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right?
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Dagw. Tho' the knowledge of that will not profit thee
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much, yet I will tell you that it was ambition.
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Will. Then if ambition is a sin, we are all guilty in
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coming with him, and in fighting for him.
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Dagw. Now, William, thou dost thrust the question home;
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but I must tell you, that guilt being an act of the mind, none
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are guilty but those whose minds are prompted by that same
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ambition.
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Will. Now I always thought, that a man might be guilty
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of doing wrong, without knowing it was wrong.
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Dagw. Thou art a natural philosopher, and knowest truth
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by instinct; while reason runs aground, as we have run our
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argument. Only remember, William, all have it in their power to
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know the motives of their own actions, and 'tis a sin to act
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without some reason.
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Will. And whoever acts without reason, may do a great
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deal of harm without knowing it.
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Dagw. Thou art an endless moralist.
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Will. Now there's a story come into my head, that I
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will tell your honour, if you'll give me leave.
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Dagw. No, William, save it till another time; this is
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no time for story-telling; but here comes one who is as
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entertaining as a good story.
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Enter Peter Blunt.
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Peter. Yonder's a musician going to play before the
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King; it's a new song about the French and English, and the
t1043
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Prince has made the minstrel a 'squire, and given him I don't
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know what, and I can't tell whether he don't mention us all one
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by one; and he is to write another about all us that are to
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die, that we may be remembered in Old England, for all our blood
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and bones are in France; and a great deal more that we shall all
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hear by and by; and I came to tell your honour, because you love
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to hear war-songs.
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Dagw. And who is this minstrel, Peter, dost know?
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Peter. O aye, I forgot to tell that; he has got the
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same name as Sir John Chandos, that the prince is always with--
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the wise man, that knows us all as well as your honour, only e'nt
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so good natur'd.
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Dagw. I thank you, Peter, for your information, but not
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for your compliment, which is not true; there's as much
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difference between him and me, as between glittering sand and
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fruitful mold; or shining glass and a wrought diamond, set in
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rich gold, and fitted to the finger of an emperor: such is that
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worthy Chandos.
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Peter. I know your honour does not think any thing of
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yourself, but every body else does.
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Dagw. Go, Peter, get you gone; flattery is delicious,
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even from the lips of a babbler. [Exit Peter.
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Will. I never flatter your honour.
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Dagw. I don't know that.
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Will. Why you know, Sir, when we were in England, at
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the tournament at Windsor, and the Earl of Warwick was tumbled
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over, you ask'd me if he did not look well when he fell? and I
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said, No, he look'd very foolish; and you was very angry with me
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for not flattering you.
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Dagw. You mean that I was angry with you for not
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flattering the Earl of Warwick. [Exeunt.
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King Edward III SCENE [5], Sir Thomas Dagworth's Tent. Sir Thomas
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Dagworth--to him.
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Enter Sir Walter Manny.
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Sir Walter. Sir Thomas Dagworth, I have been weeping
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Over the men that are to die to-day.
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Dagw. Why, brave Sir Walter, you or I may fall.
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Sir Walter. I know this breathing flesh must lie and
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rot,
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Cover'd with silence and forgetfulness.--
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Death wons in cities' smoke, and in still night,
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When men sleep in their beds, walketh about!
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How many in walled cities lie and groan,
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Turning themselves upon their beds,
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Talking with death, answering his hard demands!
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How many walk in darkness, terrors are round
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The curtains of their beds, destruction is
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Ready at the door! How many sleep
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In earth, cover'd with stones and deathy dust,
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Resting in quietness, whose spirits walk
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Upon the clouds of heaven, to die no more!
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Yet death is terrible, tho' borne on angels' wings!
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How terrible then is the field of death,
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Where he doth rend the vault of heaven,
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And shake the gates of hell!
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O Dagworth, France is sick! the very sky,
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Tho' sunshine light it, seems to me as pale
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As the pale fainting man on his death-bed,
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Whose face is shewn by light of sickly taper!
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It makes me sad and sick at very heart,
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Thousands must fall to-day!
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Dagw. Thousands of souls must leave this prison house,
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To be exalted to those heavenly fields,
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Where songs of triumph, palms of victory, t1045
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Where peace, and joy, and love, and calm content,
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Sit singing in the azure clouds, and strew
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Flowers of heaven's growth over the banquet-table:
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Bind ardent Hope upon your feet like shoes,
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Put on the robe of preparation,
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The table is prepar'd in shining heaven,
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The flowers of immortality are blown;
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Let those that fight, fight in good stedfastness,
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And those that fall shall rise in victory.
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Sir Walter. I've often seen the burning field of war,
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And often heard the dismal clang of arms;
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But never, till this fatal day of Cressy,
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Has my soul fainted with these views of death!
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I seem to be in one great charnel-house,
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And seem to scent the rotten carcases!
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I seem to hear the dismal yells of death,
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While the black gore drops from his horrid jaws:
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Yet I not fear the monster in his pride.--
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But O the souls that are to die to-day!
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Dagw. Stop, brave Sir Walter; let me drop a tear,
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Then let the clarion of war begin;
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I'll fight and weep, 'tis in my country's cause;
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I'll weep and shout for glorious liberty.
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Grim war shall laugh and shout, decked in tears,
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And blood shall flow like streams across the meadows,
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That murmur down their pebbly channels, and
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Spend their sweet lives to do their country service:
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Then shall England's verdure shoot, her fields shall smile,
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Her ships shall sing across the foaming sea,
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Her mariners shall use the flute and viol,
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And rattling guns, and black and dreary war,
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Shall be no more.
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Sir Walter. Well; let the trumpet sound, and the drum beat;
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Let war stain the blue heavens with bloody banners,
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I'll draw my sword, nor ever sheath it up,
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'Till England blow the trump of victory,
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Or I lay stretch'd upon the field of death!
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Exeunt.
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King Edward III SCENE [6],in the Camp. Several of the Warriors
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met at the King's Tent with a Minstrel, who sings
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the following Song:
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O sons of Trojan Brutus, cloath'd in war,
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Whose voices are the thunder of the field,
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Rolling dark clouds o'er France, muffling the sun
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In sickly darkness like a dim eclipse,
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Threatening as the red brow of storms, as fire
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Burning up nations in your wrath and fury!
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Your ancestors came from the fires of Troy,
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(Like lions rouz'd by light'ning from their dens,
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Whose eyes do glare against the stormy fires)
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Heated with war, fill'd with the blood of Greeks,
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With helmets hewn, and shields covered with gore,
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In navies black, broken with wind and tide!
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They landed in firm array upon the rocks
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Of Albion; they kiss'd the rocky shore;
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"Be thou our mother, and our nurse," they said;
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"Our children's mother, and thou shalt be our grave;
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"The sepulchre of ancient Troy, from whence
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"Shall rise cities, and thrones, and arms, and awful pow'rs.
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Our fathers swarm from the ships. Giant voices
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Are heard from the hills, the enormous sons
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Of Ocean run from rocks and caves: wild men
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Naked and roaring like lions, hurling rocks,
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And wielding knotty clubs, like oaks entangled
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Thick as a forest, ready for the axe.
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Our fathers move in firm array to battle,
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The savage monsters rush like roaring fire;
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Like as a forest roars with crackling flames,
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When the red lightning, borne by furious storms,
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Lights on some woody shore; the parched heavens
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Rain fire into the molten raging sea!
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The smoaking trees are strewn upon the shore,
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Spoil'd of their verdure! O how oft have they
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Defy'd the storm that howled o'er their heads!
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Our fathers, sweating, lean on their spears, and view
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The mighty dead: giant bodies, streaming blood,
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Dread visages, frowning in silent death!
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Then Brutus spoke, inspir'd; our fathers sit
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Attentive on the melancholy shore:--
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Hear ye the voice of Brutus--"The flowing waves
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"Of time come rolling o'er my breast," he said;
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"And my heart labours with futurity:
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"Our sons shall rule the empire of the sea.
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"Their mighty wings shall stretch from east to west,
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"Their nest is in the sea; but they shall roam
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"Like eagles for the prey; nor shall the young
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"Crave or be heard; for plenty shall bring forth,
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"Cities shall sing, and vales in rich array
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"Shall laugh, whose fruitful laps bend down with fulness.
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"Our sons shall rise from thrones in joy,
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"Each one buckling on his armour; Morning
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"Shall be prevented by their swords gleaming,
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"And Evening hear their song of victory!
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"Their towers shall be built upon the rocks,
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"Their daughters shall sing, surrounded with shining spears!
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"Liberty shall stand upon the cliffs of Albion,
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"Casting her blue eyes over the green ocean;
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"Or, tow'ring, stand upon the roaring waves,
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"Stretching her mighty spear o'er distant lands;
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"While, with her eagle wings, she covereth
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"Fair Albion's shore, and all her families."
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PROLOGUE,
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INTENDED FOR A DRAMATIC PIECE OF
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KING EDWARD THE FOURTH.
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O For a voice like thunder, and a tongue
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To drown the throat of war!--When the senses
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Are shaken, and the soul is driven to madness,
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Who can stand? When the souls of the oppressed
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Fight in the troubled air that rages, who can stand?
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When the whirlwind of fury comes from the
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Throne of God, when the frowns of his countenance
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Drive the nations together, who can stand?
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When Sin claps his broad wings over the battle,
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And sails rejoicing in the flood of Death;
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When souls are torn to everlasting fire,
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And fiends of Hell rejoice upon the slain,
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O who can stand? O who hath caused this?
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O who can answer at the throne of God?
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The Kings and Nobles of the Land have done it!
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Hear it not, Heaven, thy Ministers have done it!
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PROLOGUE TO KING JOHN.
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Justice hath heaved a sword to plunge in Albion's breast; for
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Albion's sins are crimson dy'd, and the red scourge follows her
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desolate sons, Then Patriot rose; full oft did Patriot rise, when
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Tyranny hath stain'd fair Albion's breast with her own children's
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gore. Round his majestic feet deep thunders roll; each heart
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does tremble, and each knee grows slack. The stars of heaven
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tremble: the roaring voice of war, the trumpet, calls to battle!
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Brother in brother's blood must bathe, rivers of death! O land,
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most hapless! O beauteous island, how forsaken! Weep from thy
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silver fountains; weep from thy gentle rivers! The angel of the
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island weeps! Thy widowed virgins weep beneath thy shades! Thy
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aged fathers gird themselves for war! The sucking infant lives to
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die in battle; the weeping mother feeds him for the slaughter!
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The husbandman doth leave his bending harvest! Blood cries afar!
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The land doth sow itself! The glittering youth of courts must
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gleam in arms! The aged senators their ancient swords assume! The
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trembling sinews of old age must work the work of death against
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their progeny; for Tyranny hath stretch'd his purple arm, and
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"blood," he cries; "the chariots and the horses, the noise of
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shout, and dreadful thunder of the battle heard afar!"--Beware, O
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Proud! thou shalt be humbled; thy cruel brow, thine iron heart is
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smitten, though lingering Fate is slow. O yet may Albion smile
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again, and stretch her peaceful arms, and raise her golden head,
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exultingly! Her citizens shall throng about her
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gates, her mariners shall sing upon the sea, and myriads shall to
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her temples crowd! Her sons shall joy as in the morning! Her
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daughters sing as to the rising year!
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A WAR SONG
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TO ENGLISHMEN. t1046
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Prepare, prepare, the iron helm of war,
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Bring forth the lots, cast in the spacious orb;
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Th' Angel of Fate turns them with mighty hands,
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And casts them out upon the darken'd earth!
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Prepare, prepare.
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Prepare your hearts for Death's cold hand! prepare
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Your souls for flight, your bodies for the earth!
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Prepare your arms for glorious victory!
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Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God!
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Prepare, prepare.
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Whose fatal scroll is that? Methinks 'tis mine!
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Why sinks my heart, why faultereth my tongue?
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Had I three lives, I'd die in such a cause,
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And rise, with ghosts, over the well-fought field.
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Prepare, prepare.
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The arrows of Almighty God are drawn!
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Angels of Death stand in the low'ring heavens!
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Thousands of souls must seek the realms of light,
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And walk together on the clouds of heaven!
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Prepare, prepare.
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Soldiers, prepare! Our cause is Heaven's cause;
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Soldiers, prepare! Be worthy of our cause:
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Prepare to meet our fathers in the sky:
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Prepare, O troops, that are to fall to-day!
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Prepare, prepare.
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Alfred shall smile, and make his harp rejoice;
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The Norman William, and the learned Clerk,
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And Lion Heart, and black-brow'd Edward, with
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His loyal queen shall rise, and welcome us!
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Prepare, prepare.
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THE
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COUCH OF DEATH.
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The veiled Evening walked solitary down the western hills, and
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Silence reposed in the valley; the birds of day were heard in
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their nests, rustling in brakes and thickets; and the owl and bat
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flew round the darkening trees: all is silent when Nature takes
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her repose.--In former times, on such [a]n evening, when the cold
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clay breathed with life, and our ancestors, who now sleep in
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their graves, walked on the stedfast globe, the remains of a
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family of the tribes of Earth, a mother and a sister were
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gathered to the sick bed of a youth: Sorrow linked them together,
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leaning on one another's necks alternately--like lilies, dropping
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tears in each other's bosom, they stood by the bed like reeds
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bending over a lake, when the evening drops trickle down. His
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voice was low as the whisperings of the woods when the wind is
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asleep, and the visions of Heaven unfold their visitation.
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"Parting is hard, and death is terrible; I seem to walk through a
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deep valley, far from the light of day, alone and comfortless!
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The damps of death fall thick upon me! Horrors stare me in the
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face! I look behind, there is no returning; Death follows after
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me; I walk in regions of Death, where no tree is; without a
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lantern to direct my steps, without a staff to support me."--Thus
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he laments through the still evening, till the curtains of
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darkness were drawn! Like the sound of a broken pipe, the aged
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woman raised her voice. "O my son, my son, I know but little of
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the path thou goest! But lo, there is a God, who made the world;
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stretch out thy hand to Him." The youth replied, like a voice
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heard from a sepulchre, "My hand is feeble, how should I stretch
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it out? My ways are sinful, how should I raise mine eyes? My
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voice hath used deceit, how should I call on Him who is Truth? My
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breath is loathsome, how should he not be offended? If I lay my
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face in the dust, the grave opens its mouth for me; if I lift up
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my head, sin covers me as a cloak! O my dear friends, pray ye for
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me! Stretch forth your hands, that my helper may come! Through
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the void space I walk between the sinful world and eternity!
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Beneath me burns eternal fire! O for a hand to pluck me forth!"
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As the voice of an omen heard in the silent valley, when the few
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inhabitants cling trembling together; as the voice of the Angel
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of Death, when the thin beams of the moon give a faint light,
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such was this young man's voice to his friends! Like the bubbling
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waters of the brook in the dead of night, the aged woman raised
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her cry, and said, "O Voice, that dwellest in my breast, can I
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not cry, and lift my eyes to heaven? Thinking of this, my spirit
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is turned within me into confusion! O my child, my child! is thy
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breath infected? So is mine. As the deer, wounded by the brooks
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of water, so the arrows of sin stick in my flesh; the poison hath
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entered into my marrow."--Like rolling waves, upon a desert
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shore, sighs succeeded sighs; they covered their faces, and wept!
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The youth lay silent--his mother's arm was
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under his head; he was like a cloud tossed by the winds, till the
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sun shine, and the drops of rain glisten, the yellow harvest
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breathes, and the thankful eyes of the villagers are turned up in
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smiles. The traveller that hath taken shelter under an oak, eyes
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the distant country with joy! Such smiles were seen upon the
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face of the youth! a visionary hand wiped away his tears, and a
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ray of light beamed around his head! All was still. The moon
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hung not out her lamp, and the stars faintly glimmered in the
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summer sky; the breath of night slept among the leaves of the
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forest; the bosom of the lofty hill drank in the silent dew,
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while on his majestic brow the voice of Angels is heard, and
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stringed sounds ride upon the wings of night. The sorrowful pair
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lift up their heads, hovering Angels are around them, voices of
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comfort are heard over the Couch of Death, and the youth breathes
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out his soul with joy into eternity.
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CONTEMPLATION.
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Who is this, that with unerring step dares tempt the wilds, where
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only Nature's foot hath trod? 'Tis Contemplation, daughter of the
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grey Morning! Majestical she steppeth, and with her pure quill on
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every flower writeth Wisdom's name. Now lowly bending, whispers
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in mine ear, "O man, how great, how little thou! O man, slave of
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each moment, lord of eternity! seest thou where Mirth sits on the
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painted cheek? doth it not seem ashamed of such a place, and grow
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immoderate to brave it out? O what an humble garb true joy puts
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on! Those who want Happiness must stoop to find it; it is a
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flower that grows in every vale. Vain foolish man, that roams on
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lofty rocks! where, 'cause his garments are swoln with wind, he
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fancies he is grown into a giant! Lo then, Humility, take it, and
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wear it in thine heart; lord of thyself, thou then art lord of
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all. Clamour brawls along the streets, and destruction hovers in
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the city's smoak; but on these plains, and in these silent woods,
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true joys descend: here build thy nest; here fix thy staff;
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delights blossom around; numberless beauties blow; the green
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grass springs in joy, and the nimble air kisses the leaves; the
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brook stretches its arms along the velvet meadow, its silver
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inhabitants sport and play; the youthful sun joys like a hunter
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rouzed to the chace: he rushes up the sky, and lays hold on the
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immortal coursers of day; the sky glitters with the jingling
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trappings! Like a triumph, season follows season, while the airy
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music fills the world with joyful sounds." I answered, "Heavenly
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goddess! I am wrapped in mortality, my flesh is a prison, my
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bones the bars of death, Misery builds over our cottage roofs,
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and Discontent runs like a brook. Even in childhood, Sorrow
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slept with me in my cradle; he followed me up and down in the
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house when I grew up; he was my school-fellow: thus he was in my
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steps and in my play, till he became to me as my brother. I
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walked through dreary places with him, and in church-yards; and I
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oft found myself sitting by Sorrow on a tomb-stone!"
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SAMSON.
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Samson, the strongest of the children of men, I sing; how he was
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foiled by woman's arts, by a false wife brought to the gates of
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death! O Truth, that shinest with propitious beams, turning our
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earthly night to heavenly day, from presence of the Almighty
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Father! thou visitest our darkling world with blessed feet,
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bringing good news of Sin and Death destroyed! O white-robed
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Angel, guide my timorous hand to write as on a lofty rock with
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iron pens the words of truth, that all who pass may read.--Now
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Night, noon-tide of damned spirits, over the silent earth spreads
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her pavilion, while in dark council sat Philista's lords; and
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where strength failed, black thoughts in ambush lay. Their
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helmed youth and aged warriors in dust together ly, and
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Desolation spreads his wings over the land of Palestine; from
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side to side the land groans, her prowess lost, and seeks to hide
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her bruised head under the mists of night, breeding dark plots,
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For Dalila's fair arts have long been tried in vain; in vain she
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wept in many a treacherous tear. "Go on, fair traitress; do thy
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guileful work; ere once again the changing moon her circuit hath
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performed, thou shalt overcome, and conquer him by force
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unconquerable, and wrest his secret from him. Call thine
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alluring arts and honest-seeming brow, the holy kiss of love, and
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the transparent tear; put on fair linen, that with the lily vies,
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purple and silver; neglect thy hair, to seem more lovely in thy
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loose attire; put on thy country's pride, deceit; and eyes of
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love decked in mild sorrow, and sell thy Lord for gold."--For
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now, upon her sumptuous couch reclined, in gorgeous pride, she
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still intreats, and still she grasps his vigorous knees with her
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fair arms.--"Thou lov'st me not! thou'rt war, thou art not love!
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O foolish Dalila! O weak woman! it is death cloathed in flesh
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thou lovest, and thou hast been incircled in his arms!--Alas, my
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Lord, what am I calling thee? Thou art my God! To thee I pour
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my tears for sacrifice morning and evening: My days are covered
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with sorrow! Shut up; darkened: By night I am deceived! Who says
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that thou wast born Of mortal kind? Destruction was thy father,
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a lioness suckled thee, thy young hands tore human limbs, and
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gorged human flesh! Come hither, Death; art thou not Samson's
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servant? 'Tis Dalila that calls; thy master's wife; no, stay,
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and let thy master do the deed: one blow of that strong arm would
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ease my pain; then should I lay at quiet, and have rest. Pity
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forsook thee at thy birth! O Dagon furious, and all ye gods of
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Palestine, withdraw your hand! I am but a weak woman. Alas, I am
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wedded to your enemy! I will go mad, and tear my crisped hair;
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I'll run about, and pierce the ears o'th' gods! O Samson, hold
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me not; thou lovest me not! Look not upon me with those deathful
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eyes! Thou wouldst my death, and death approaches fast."--Thus,
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in false tears, she bath'd his feet, and thus she day by day
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oppressed his soul: he seemed a mountain, his brow among the
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clouds; she seemed a silver stream, his feet embracing. Dark
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thoughts rolled to and fro in his mind, like thunder
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clouds, troubling the sky; his visage was troubled; his soul was
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distressed.--"Though I should tell her all my heart, what can I
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fear? Though I should tell this secret of my birth, the utmost
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may be warded off as well when told as now." She saw him moved,
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and thus resumes her wiles.--"Samson, I'm thine; do with me what
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thou wilt; my friends are enemies; my life is death; I am a
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traitor to my nation, and despised; my joy is given into the
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hands of him who hates me, using deceit to the wife of his bosom.
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Thrice hast thou mocked me, and grieved my soul. Didst thou not
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tell me with green withs to bind thy nervous arms, and after
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that, when I had found thy falshood, with new ropes to bind thee
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fast? I knew thou didst but mock me. Alas, when in thy sleep I
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bound thee with them to try thy truth, I cried, The Philistines
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be upon thee, Samson! Then did suspicion wake thee; how didst
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thou rend the feeble ties! Thou fearest nought, what shouldst
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thou fear? Thy power is more than mortal, none can hurt thee;
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thy bones are brass, thy sinews are iron! Ten thousand spears
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are like the summer grass; an army of mighty men are as flocks in
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the vallies; what canst thou fear? I drink my tears like water;
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I live upon sorrow! O worse than wolves and tygers, what canst
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thou give when such a trifle is denied me? But O at last thou
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mockest me to shame my over-fond inquiry! Thou toldest me to
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weave thee to the beam by thy strong hair; I did even that to try
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thy truth: but when I cried, The Philistines be upon thee, then
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didst thou leave me to bewail that Samson loved me not."--He sat,
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and inward griev'd, he saw and lov'd the beauteous suppliant, nor
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could conceal aught that might appease ber; then, leaning on her
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bosom, thus he spoke: "Hear, O Dalila! doubt no more of Samson's
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love; for that fair breast was made the ivory palace of my inmost
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heart, where it shall lie at rest; for sorrow is the lot of all
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of woman born: for care was I brought forth, and labour is my
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lot: not matchless might, nor wisdom, nor every gift enjoyed, can
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from the heart of man hide sorrow.--Twice was my birth foretold
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from heaven, and twice a sacred vow enjoined me that I should
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drink no wine, nor eat of any unclean thing, for holy unto
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Israel's God I am, a Nazarite even from my mother's womb. Twice
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was it told, that it might not be broken, Grant me a son, kind
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Heaven, Manoa cried; but Heaven refused! Childless he mourned,
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but thought his God knew best. In solitude, though not obscure,
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in Israel he lived, till venerable age came on: his flocks
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increased, and plenty crowned his board: beloved, revered of man!
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But God hath other joys in store. Is burdened Israel his grief?
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The son of his old age shall set it free! The venerable sweetner
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of his life receives the promise first from Heaven. She saw the
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maidens play, and blessed their innocent mirth; she blessed each
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new-joined pair; but from her the long-wished deliverer shall
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spring. Pensive, alone she sat within the house, when busy day
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was fading, and calm evening, time for contemplation, rose from
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the forsaken east, and drew the curtains of heaven; pensive she
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sat, and thought on Israel's grief,
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and Silent prayed to Israel's God; when lo, an angel from the
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fields of light entered the house! His form was manhood in the
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prime, and from his spacious brow shot terrors through the
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evening shade! But mild he hailed her--Hail, highly favoured!
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said he; for lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and
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Israel's strength shall be upon his shoulders, and he shall be
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called Israel's Deliverer! Now therefore drink no wine, and eat
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not any unclean thing, for he shall be a Nazarite to God.--Then,
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as a neighbour when his evening tale is told, departs, his
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blessing leaving; so seemed he to depart: she wondered with
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exceeding joy, nor knew he was an angel. Manoa left his fields
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to sit in the house, and take his evening's rest from labour--the
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sweetest time that God has allotted mortal man. He sat, and
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heard with joy, and praised God who Israel still doth keep. The
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time rolled on, and Israel groaned oppressed. The sword was
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bright, while the plow-share rusted, till hope grew feeble, and
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was ready to give place to doubting: then prayed Manoa--O Lord,
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thy flock is scattered on the hills! The wolf teareth them,
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Oppression stretches his rod over our land, our country is plowed
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with swords, and reaped in blood! The echoes of slaughter reach
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from hill to hill! Instead of peaceful pipe, the shepherd bears a
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sword; the ox goad is turned into a spear! O when shall our
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Deliverer come? The Philistine riots on our flocks, our vintage
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is gathered by hands of enemies! Stretch forth thy hand, and
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save.--Thus prayed Manoa. The aged woman walked into the field,
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and lo, again the angel came! Clad as a traveller fresh risen on
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his journey, she ran and called her husband, who came and talked
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with him.--O man of God, said he, thou comest from far! Let us
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detain thee while I make ready a kid, that thou mayest sit and
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eat, and tell us of thy name and warfare; that when thy sayings
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come to pass, we may honour thee. The Angel answered, My name is
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wonderful; enquire not after it, seeing it is a secret: but, if
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thou wilt, offer an offering unto the Lord."
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THE END.
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[Further Sketches]
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[In a Manuscript Fragment]
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"then She bore Pale desire . . ." t1050
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then She bore Pale desire father of Curiosity a Virgin ever
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young. And after. Leaden Sloth from whom came Ignorance. who
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brought forth wonder. These are the Gods which Came from fear.
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for Gods like these. nor male nor female are but Single Pregnate
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or if they list together mingling bring forth mighty powrs[.] She
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knew them not yet they all war with Shame and Strengthen her weak
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arm. t1051 But Pride
awoke nor knew that Joy was born. and taking
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Poisnous Seed from her own Bowels. in the Monster Shame infusd.
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forth Came Ambition Crawling like a toad Pride Bears it in her
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Bosom. and the Gods. all bow to it. So Great its Power. that
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Pride inspird by it Prophetic Saw the Kingdoms of the World & all
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their Glory. Giants of Mighty arm before the flood. Cains City.
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built With Murder. Then Babel mighty Reard him to the Skies.
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Babel with thousand tongues Confusion it was calld. and Givn to
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Shame. this Pride observing t1052
inly Grievd. but knew not that.
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the rest was Givn to Shame as well as this. t1053
Then Nineva &
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Babylon & Costly tyre. And evn Jerusalem was Shewn. the holy
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City. Then Athens Learning & the Pride of Greece. and further
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from [P 2] the Rising Sun. was Rome Seated on Seven hills the
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mistress of the world. Emblem of Pride She Saw the Arts their
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treasures Bring and luxury his bounteous table Spread. but now a
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Cloud oercasts. and back to th'East. to Constantines Great City
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Empire fled, Ere long to bleed & die a Sacrifice done by a
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Priestly hand[.] So once the Sun his. Chariot drew. back. to
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prolong a Good kings life.
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The Cloud oer past & Rome now Shone again Miterd & Crown'd with
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triple crown. Then Pride was better Pleasd She Saw the World fall
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down in Adoration[.] t1054
But now full to the Setting Sun a Sun
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arose out of the Sea. it rose & shed Sweet Influence oer the
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Earth Pride feared for her City, but not long. for looking
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Stedfastly She saw that Pride Reignd here. Now Direful Pains
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accost her. and Still pregnant. so Envy came & Hate. twin progeny
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Envy hath a Serpents head of fearful bulk hissing with hundred
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tongues, her poisnous breath breeds Satire foul Contagion from
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which none are free. oer whelmd by ever During Thirst She
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Swalloweth her own Poison. which consumes her nether Parts.
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from whence a River Springs. Most Black & loathsom through the
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land it Runs Rolling with furious [p 3] Noise. but at the last it
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Settles in a lake called Oblivion. tis at this Rivers fount where
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evry mortals Cup is Mix't My Cup is fill'd with Envy's Rankest
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Draught t1055 a miracle
No less can set me Right. Desire Still
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Pines but for
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one Cooling Drop and tis Deny'd, while others in Contentments
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downy Nest do sleep, it is the Cursed thorn wounding my breast
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that makes me sing. however sweet tis Envy that Inspires my Song.
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prickt. by the fame of others how I mourn and my complaints are
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Sweeter than their Joys but O could I at Envy Shake my hands. my
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notes Should Rise to meet the New born Day. Hate Meager hag Sets
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Envy on unable to Do ought herself. but Worn away a Bloodless
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Daemon The Gods all Serve her at her will so great her Power
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is[.] like. fabled hecate She doth bind them to her law. Far in a
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Direful Cave She lives unseen Closd from the Eye of Day. to the
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hard Rock transfixt by fate and here She works her witcheries
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that when She Groans She Shakes the Solid Ground Now Envy She
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controlls with numming trance & Melancholy Sprung from her dark
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womb There is a Melancholy, O how lovely tis whose heaven is in
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the heavenly Mind for she from heaven came, and where She goes
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heaven still doth follow her. She [p 4.] brings t1056
true joy once
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fled. & Contemplation is her Daughter. Sweet Contemplation. She
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brings humility to man Take her She Says & wear her in thine
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heart lord of thy Self thou then art lord of all. t1057
Tis
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Contemplation teacheth knowledge truly how to know. and
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Reinstates him on his throne once lost how lost I'll tell. But
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Stop the motley Song I'll Shew. how Conscience Came from heaven.
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But O who listens to his Voice. T'was Conscience who brought
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Melancholy down Conscience was sent a Guard to Reason. Reason
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once fairer than the light till fould in Knowledges dark Prison
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house. For knowledge drove sweet Innocence away. and Reason would
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have followd but fate sufferd not. Then down Came conscience With
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his lovely band The Eager Song Goes on telling how Pride against
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her father Warrd & Overcame. Down his white Beard the Silver
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torrents Roll. and Swelling Sighs burst forth his Children all in
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arms appear to tear him from his throne Black was the deed. most
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Black. Shame in a Mist Sat Round his troubled bead. & filld him
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with Confusion. Fear as a torrent wild Roard Round his throne the
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mighty pillars shake Now all the Gods in blackning Ranks appear.
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like a tempestuous thunder Cloud Pride leads. them on. Now they
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Surround the God. and bind him fast. Pride bound him, then usurpd
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oer all the Gods. She Rode upon the Swelling wind and Scatterd
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all who durst t'oppose. but Shame opposing fierce and hovering.
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over her in the darkning Storm. She brought forth Rage. t1058
Mean
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while Strife Mighty Prince was born Envy in direful Pains him
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bore. then Envy brought forth Care. Care Sitteth in the wrinkled
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brow. Strife Shapeless Sitteth under thrones of kings. like
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Smouldring fire. or in the Buzz of Cities flies abroad Care
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brought forth Covet Eyeless & prone to th' [p 5] Earth, and
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Strife brought forth Revenge. Hate brooding in her Dismal den
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grew Pregnant & bore t1059
Scorn, & Slander. Scorn waits on Pride.
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but Slander. flies around the World to do the Work of hate her
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drudge & Elf. but Policy doth drudge for hate as well as Slander.
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& oft makes use of her. Policy Son of Shame. Indeed
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hate Controlls all the Gods. at will. Policy brought forth Guile
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& fraud. these Gods last namd live in the Smoke of Cities. on
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Dusky wing breathing forth Clamour & Destruction. alas in Cities
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wheres the man whose face is not a mask unto his heart Pride made
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a Goddess. fair or Image rather till knowledge animated it.
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'twas Calld Selflove. The Gods admiring loaded her with Gifts as
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once Pandora She 'mongst men was Sent. and worser ills attended
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her by far. She was a Goddess Powerful & bore Conceit and Shame
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bore honour & made league with Pride & Policy doth
t1060 dwell with
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her by whom she [had] Mistrust & Suspition. Then bore a Daughter
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called Emulation. who. married. honour these follow her around
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the World[.] Go See the City friends Joind Hand in Hand. Go See.
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the Natural the of flesh & blood. Go See more strong the ties of
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marriage love, thou Scarce Shall find but Self love Stands Between
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"Woe cried the muse . t1061
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Woe cried the muse tears Started at the Sound. Grief perch't
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upon my brow and thought Embracd Her. What does this mean I
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cried. when all around. Summer hath Spre'd her Plumes and tunes
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her t1062 Notes. When
Buxom joy doth. fan his wings. & Golden
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Pleasures Beam around my head. why. Grief dost thou accost me.
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The Muse then Struck her Deepest string t1063
& Sympathy Came
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forth. She Spred her awful Wings. & gave me up. my Nerves with
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trembling Curdle all my blood. & ev'ry piece of flesh doth Cry
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out Woe. how soon t1064
the Winds Sing round the Darkning Storm ere
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while so fair. and now they fall & beg the Skies will weep. a Day
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like this laid Elfrid in the Dust. Sweet Elfrid fairer than the
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Beaming Sun O Soon cut off ith t1065
morning of her days. twas the
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Rude thunder Stroke that Closd her Eyes. and laid her lilied
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Beauties on the Green, The dance was broke the Circle just Begun
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the flower was Pluckd & yet it was not blown. But what art thou!
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I could no more. till mute attention Struck my listning t1066
Ear.
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It Spoke I come my friend to take my last farewell. Sunk by. the
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hand of Death in Wat'ry tomb Oer yonder lake swift t1067
as the
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Nightly Blast that Blights the Infant Bud The winds their Sad
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complainings bear. for. Conrade lost untimely lost thy Conrade
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once. When living thee I lovd. ev'n unto Death now Dead. Ill
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guard thee from approaching ill. farewell my time is gone, it
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Said no more. but vanished. ever from my Sight
