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    Ruin seize thee, ruthless king!
  Confusion on thy banners wait!
Though fann’d by Conquest’s crimson wing,
  They mock the air with idle state.

The Bard. I. 1, Line 1.

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Loose his beard, and hoary hair
Stream’d like a meteor to the troubled air. 1

The Bard. I. 2, Line 5.

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To high-born Hoel’s harp, or soft Llewellyn’s lay.

The Bard. I. 2, Line 14.

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Dear as the light that visits these sad eyes;
Dear as the ruddy drops that warm my heart. 2

The Bard. I. 3, Line 12.

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    Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
  The winding-sheet of Edward’s race.
Give ample room and verge enough 3
  The characters of hell to trace.

The Bard. II. 1, Line 1.

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    Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows;
  While proudly riding o’er the azure realm
In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes,
  Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm;
Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind’s sway,
That hush’d in grim repose expects his evening prey.

The Bard. II. 2, Line 9.

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Ye towers of Julius, London’s lasting shame,
With many a foul and midnight murder fed.

The Bard. II. 3, Line 11.

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Visions of glory, spare my aching sight!
Ye unborn ages, crowd not on my soul!

The Bard. III. 1, Line 11.

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And truth severe, by fairy fiction drest.

The Bard. III. 3, Line 3.

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Comus and his midnight crew.

Ode for Music. Line 2.

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While bright-eyed Science watches round.

Ode for Music. Chorus. Line 3.

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The still small voice of gratitude.

Ode for Music. V. Line 8.

Note 1.
See Cowley, Quotation 12. Milton, Quotation 21. [back]

Note 2.
See Shakespeare, Julius Cæsar, Quotation 21. Otway, Quotation 2. [back]

Note 3.
See Dryden, Quotation 103. [back]

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