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310. Tam o' Shanter: A Tale

...dames! it gars me greet,
To think how mony counsels sweet,
How mony lengthen’d, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises!


 But to our tale:—Ae market night,
Tam had got planted unco right,
Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely,
Wi reaming sAats, that drank divinely;
And at his elbow, Souter Johnie,
His ancient, trusty, drougthy crony:
Tam lo’ed him like a very brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
The night drave on wi’ sangs an’ clatter;
And aye the ale was g...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert


If grief for grief can touch thee

...ot be more lonely, 
More drear I cannot be! 
My worn heart beats so wildly 
'Twill break for thee--

And when the world despises-- 
When Heaven repels my prayer-- 
Will not mine angel comfort? 
Mine idol hear?

Yes, by the tears I'm poured, 
By all my hours of pain 
O I shall surely win thee, 
Beloved, again!...Read more of this...
by Brontë, Emily

Tam OShanter

...dames! it gars me greet,
To think how mony counsels sweet,
How mony lengthened sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises!

But to our tale: Ae market-night,
Tam had got planted unco right;
Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely,
Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely;
And at his elbow, Souter Johnny,
His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony;
Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither;
They had been fou for weeks thegither.
The night drave on wi' sangs an' clatter;
And aye the ale was gro...Read more of this...
by Burns, Robert

The Difficult Union

...Why are taste and genius so seldom met with united?
Taste of strength is afraid,--genius despises the rein....Read more of this...
by Schiller, Friedrich von

The Marriage Of Geraint

...
And keeps me in this ruinous castle here, 
Where doubtless he would put me soon to death, 
But that his pride too much despises me: 
And I myself sometimes despise myself; 
For I have let men be, and have their way; 
Am much too gentle, have not used my power: 
Nor know I whether I be very base 
Or very manful, whether very wise 
Or very foolish; only this I know, 
That whatsoever evil happen to me, 
I seem to suffer nothing heart or limb, 
But can endure it all most patient...Read more of this...
by Tennyson, Alfred Lord


The Prodigal Son

...e! - there's a laugh to it, 
Which isn't the case when we dine.

My father glooms and advises me, 
My brother sulks and despises me, 
And Mother catechises me 
Till I want to go out and swear. 
And, in spite of the butler's gravity, 
I know that the servants have it I 
Am a monster of moral depravity, 
And I'm damned if I think it's fair!

I wasted my substance, I know I did, 
On riotous living, so I did, 
But there's nothing on record to show I did 
Worse than my betters hav...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

The Prodigal Son

...e! - there's a laugh to it, 
Which isn't the case when we dine.

My father glooms and advises me, 
My brother sulks and despises me, 
And Mother catechises me 
Till I want to go out and swear. 
And, in spite of the butler's gravity, 
I know that the servants have it I 
Am a monster of moral depravity, 
And I'm damned if I think it's fair!

I wasted my substance, I know I did, 
On riotous living, so I did, 
But there's nothing on record to show I did 
Worse than my betters hav...Read more of this...
by Kipling, Rudyard

The Wish

...oo:
Who can of all things talk with Ease,
And whose Converse will ever please:
Who charm'd with Wit, and inward Graces,
Despises Fools with tempting Faces;
And still a beauteous Mind does prize
Above the most enchanting Eyes:
I would not envy Queens their State,
Nor once desire a happier Fate....Read more of this...
by Chudleigh, Lady Mary

To Canaris, The Greek Patriot

...ain— 
 The noisy starting, glad return again; 
 The pride of freeman on a bounding deck 
 Which mocks at dangers and despises wreck, 
 And e'en if lightning-pinions cleave the sea, 
 'Tis all replete with joyousness to thee! 
 
 Yes, these remain! blue sky and ocean blue, 
 Thine eagles with one sweep beyond the view— 
 The sun in golden beauty ever pure, 
 The distance where rich warmth doth aye endure— 
 Thy language so mellifluously bland, 
 Mixed with sweet id...Read more of this...
by Hugo, Victor

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