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3. "It is the same who, on the

square,

Preached to the people in the open air.

4. "Non! Rome subjuguant l'univers abattu qu' habite la vertu."

Ne vaut pas un

5. "And the great Moor, Calaynos, when he

rode

To Paris for the ears of

Were nothing to him."

6.

"Ah! Love!

Whither tend

All thy pleasures, all thy sweets,
They are cheats,

Thorns below and flowers above.

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48.

"He looked upon the 'traitors,' and his glance was

I.

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stern and high,"

"Go forth, belov'd of Heaven;
Go, and return in glory

To's royal dome."

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Hoping to heal a deeper wound; but she
Met my advances with impassioned pride
That kindled love with love."

3.

"Then the

rose again

And moved, as she were not in pain.
So, free from danger, free from fear,
They cross'd the court."

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That lovely outline, which is fair
As breathing marble, perish?"

"Close against her heaving breast
Something in her hand is press'd;
Like an icicle, its sheen

Is cold and keen."

“Thine evil deeds are writ in gore,
Nor written thus in vain;

Thy triumphs tell of fame no more,
Or deepen every stain."

"How sweet, while all the evil shuns the

gaze,

To view the unclouded skies of former

days!"

49.

"If thou hast something, bring thy goods—a fair return be thine;

If thou art something, bring thy soul and interchange with mine."

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5. "They have no fancy, and never are surprised into a covert or witty word, such as pleased the Athenians and Italians; but they delight in strong earthy expression-not mistakable !"

50.

A Distinguished Military Commander,

I.

"Whose delightful seat

Was fair Damascus, on the fertile banks
Of Abbana and Pharphar, lucid streams."

2. "But light as any wind that blows, So fleetly did she stir."

3. "Why drew Marseilles' good breath

purer

When nature sicken'd, and each gale was death."

4. "O'er

-'s shrubs of balm,

Waves the date-empurpled palm."

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