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Triumphal Arch, That Fill'st The Sky When Storms Prepare To Part, I Ask Not Proud Philosophy To Teach Me What Thou Art.
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Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky
When storms prepare to part,
I ask not proud Philosophy
To teach me what thou art.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844)
-- To the Rainbow
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On Prague's proud arch the fires of ruin glow, His blood-dyed waters murmuring far below.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Pleasures of Hope, Part i, Line 385...
I know not, I ask not, if guilt 's in that heart, I but know that I love thee whatever thou art.
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- Come, rest in this Bosom...
The sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- The Soldier's Dream...
An apt and true reply was given to Alexander the Great by a pirate who had been seized.
For when that king had asked the man what he meant by keeping hostile possession of the sea, he answered with bold pride....
And rival all but Shakespeare's name below.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Pleasures of Hope, Part i, Line 472...
But Hope, the charmer, linger'd still behind.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Pleasures of Hope, Part i, Line 40...
A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.
-- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- Gertrude of Wyoming, Part i, Stanza 23...
Be always displeased with what thou art, if you desirest to attain to what thou art no
for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest....
If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung.
-- Thomas Moore (1779-1852) -- If Thou would 'st have Me sing and play...