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... Rise , rise , I say , Thou power of deeps ; thy surges lade away , Neptune , great king of waters , and by me Be proud to be commanded . NEPTUNE rises . Nept . Cinthia , see , Thy word hath fetch'd me hither : Let me know , Why I ascend ...
... Rise , rise , I say , Thou power of deeps ; thy surges lade away , Neptune , great king of waters , and by me Be proud to be commanded . NEPTUNE rises . Nept . Cinthia , see , Thy word hath fetch'd me hither : Let me know , Why I ascend ...
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... rise up , for thy shame and mine , To after - ages : We will scorn thy laws , If thou no better bless them . Touch ... rising blood Unapt for such a vow . No ; in this heart There dwells as much desire as ever yet Was known to woman ...
... rise up , for thy shame and mine , To after - ages : We will scorn thy laws , If thou no better bless them . Touch ... rising blood Unapt for such a vow . No ; in this heart There dwells as much desire as ever yet Was known to woman ...
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... Rise ; you have it , sir . Dion . Mark but the king , how pale he looks with fear ! Oh ! this same whorson conscience , how it jades us ! King . Speak your intents , sir . Phi . Shall I speak them freely ? Be still my royal sovereign ...
... Rise ; you have it , sir . Dion . Mark but the king , how pale he looks with fear ! Oh ! this same whorson conscience , how it jades us ! King . Speak your intents , sir . Phi . Shall I speak them freely ? Be still my royal sovereign ...
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... Rise , Bellario ! Thy protestations are so deep , and thou Dost look so truly , when thou utterest them , That though I know them false , as were my hopes , I cannot urge thee further . But , thou wert To blame to injure me , for I must ...
... Rise , Bellario ! Thy protestations are so deep , and thou Dost look so truly , when thou utterest them , That though I know them false , as were my hopes , I cannot urge thee further . But , thou wert To blame to injure me , for I must ...
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... rise , boys . [ Exeunt . Enter KING , ARETHUSA , GALATEA , MEGRA , CLEREMONT , DION , THRASILINE , BELLARIO , and attendants . King . Is it appeased ? Dion . Sir , all is quiet as the dead of night , As peaceable as sleep . My lord ...
... rise , boys . [ Exeunt . Enter KING , ARETHUSA , GALATEA , MEGRA , CLEREMONT , DION , THRASILINE , BELLARIO , and attendants . King . Is it appeased ? Dion . Sir , all is quiet as the dead of night , As peaceable as sleep . My lord ...
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Page 31 - em grow again. Seeing such pretty helpless innocence Dwell in his face, I asked him all his story. He told me that his parents gentle died Leaving him to the mercy of the fields, Which gave him roots ; and of the crystal springs, Which did not stop their courses ; and the sun, Which still, he thanked him, yielded him his light.
Page 31 - Of which he borrowed some to quench his thirst, And paid the nymph again as much in tears. A garland lay him by...
Page 185 - Nay, stop not. Ant. Antony, — Well, thou wilt have it, — like a coward, fled, Fled while his soldiers fought ; fled first, Ventidius. Thou long'st to curse me, and I give thee leave. I know thou cam'st prepared to rail. Vent. I did.
Page 351 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 342 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Page 339 - Bid him disband his legions, Restore the commonwealth to liberty, Submit his actions to the public censure, And stand the judgment of a Roman senate. Bid him do this, and Cato is his friend.
Page 185 - It sits too near you. Ant. Here, here it lies ; a lump of lead by day, And, in my short, distracted, nightly slumbers, The hag that rides my dreams.
Page 240 - For charitable succour ; wilt thou then, When in a bed of straw we shrink together, And the bleak winds shall whistle round our heads ; Wilt thou then talk thus to me ? Wilt thou then Hush my cares thus, and shelter me with love ? Belv.
Page 350 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well ; Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man ! Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes...
Page 209 - ... silence; And is not this like lovers? I may kiss These pale, cold lips; Octavia does not see me: And, oh! 'tis better far to have him thus, Than see him in her arms.