Then leave the poor Plebeian his single tie to life — The sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours. Still let... The Quarterly Review - Page 476edited by - 1843Full view - About this book
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1848 - 692 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vext soul endures, The kiss in which he half forgets even...breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride. Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame, That turns the coward's... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 438 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets...the coward's heart to steel, the sluggard's blood to name. Lest, when our latest hope is fled, ye taste of our despair, And learn by proof, in some wild... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Recitations - 1844 - 302 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets...breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride. Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame, That turns the coward's... | |
| Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - Literature - 1848 - 692 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vext soul endures, The kiss in which he half forgets even...breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride. Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame, That turns the coward's... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1848 - 602 pages
...sweet love of daughter, of sisler, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vextsoul endures, The kiss in which he half forgets even such...breast with pride; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride. Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame, That turns the coward's... | |
| Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which ho half forgets even such a yoke as yours. Still let...pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms infold an uupolluted bride, Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame. That turns the coward's heart... | |
| Sir Edward Shepherd Creasy - Battles - 1851 - 400 pages
...sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all thai his vex'd soul endures, The kiss in which he half forgets even...breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride. Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame, That turns the coward's... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Rome - 1851 - 260 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets...even such a yoke . as yours. Still let the maiden's beanty swell the 'father's breast with pride; Still let the bridegroom's arms infold an unpolluted... | |
| sir Edward Shepherd Creasy - 1851 - 326 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife, The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vext soul endures, The kiss in which he half forgets even such a yoke as yours. It was not merely the number but the quality of this force that made them formidable; and however contemptible... | |
| Epes Sargent - Elocution - 1852 - 568 pages
...sweet, sweet love of daughter, of sister, and of wife ; The gentle speech, the balm for all that his vexed soul endures, The kiss, in which he half forgets...breast with pride ; Still let the bridegroom's arms enfold an unpolluted bride : Spare us the inexpiable wrong, the unutterable shame, That turns the coward's... | |
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