The Times Book of English VerseEdward Leeson Times Books, 2004 - 703 pages |
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Page 37
... force perforce , there might no force avail , But she must fall , and by her fall we learn 45 50 55 59 That cities , towers , wealth , world , and all shall quail . No manhood , might , nor nothing mought prevail ; All were there prest ...
... force perforce , there might no force avail , But she must fall , and by her fall we learn 45 50 55 59 That cities , towers , wealth , world , and all shall quail . No manhood , might , nor nothing mought prevail ; All were there prest ...
Page 144
... force of spirits armed Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse , in foresight much advanced , We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who ...
... force of spirits armed Since through experience of this great event In arms not worse , in foresight much advanced , We may with more successful hope resolve To wage by force or guile eternal war , Irreconcilable to our grand Foe , Who ...
Page 250
... force , and wounds returns for wounds . And as a hero , whom his baser foes In troops surround , now these assails , now those , Though prodigal of life , disdains to die By common hands ; but if he can descry Some nobler foe's approach ...
... force , and wounds returns for wounds . And as a hero , whom his baser foes In troops surround , now these assails , now those , Though prodigal of life , disdains to die By common hands ; but if he can descry Some nobler foe's approach ...
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