Quiet to quick bosoms is a hell.
Lord Byron
Despair defies even despotism; there is That in my heart would make its way thro' hosts With levell'd spears.
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On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined! No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
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And to me High mountains are a feeling, but the hum Of human cities torture.
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Self defence is a virtue, Sole bulwark of all right.
virtue
'Tis very certain the desire of life prolongs it.
life desire
Ancient of days! August Athena! Where, Where are thy men of might, thy grand in soul? Gone glimmering through the dream of things that were First in the race that led to glory's goals They won, and pass'd away.
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Poetry is the lava of the imagination whose eruption prevents an earthquake.
poetry imagination
He who ascends to mountain tops shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapp'd in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below.
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'Tis said the lion will turn and flee From a maid in the pride of her purity.
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My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone!
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hell quiet
In hope to merit heaven by making earth a hell.
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I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married at all.
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Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell.
marriage age eyes love
Ye stars! Which are the poetry of Heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires,'t is to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you.
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