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...dying monarch of the realms of nonsense and dulness address his son and successor Shadwell : — " Leave writing plays, and choose for thy command Some peaceful province in acrostic land." The acrostic, being addressed merely to the eye, and conveying no pleasure either to the imagination...

...not of the earth, for of earth's baser part No trace can we find in thy form or thy heart. G. 339. " There thou may'st wings display, and altars raise, And torture one poor word a thousand ways." "I have here made a nosegay of culled flowers, and have brought nothing of my own...

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...thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild...torture one poor word ten thousand ways ; Or, if thou wouldst thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute." He said, but his...

...thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild...torture one poor word ten thousand ways ; Or, if thou wouldst thy different talents suit, Set thy own songs, and sing them to thy lute." He said, but his...

...thy felonious heart though venom lies, It does but touch thy Irish pen, and dies. Thy genius calls thee not to purchase fame In keen Iambics, but mild...command Some peaceful province in Acrostic land. There thuu may'st wings display, and altars raise, And torture one poor word ten thousand ways ; Or, if thou...