Handy Dictionary of Poetical Quotations by Various
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=Defiance.= I do defy him, and I spit at him; Call him a slanderous coward, and a villain: Which to maintain, I would allow him odds; And meet him, were I tied to run a-foot, Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps. 521 SHAKS.: _Richard II.,_ Act i., Sc. 1. =Deity.= Hail, source of being! universal soul Of heaven and earth! essential presence, hail! To Thee I bend the knee; to Thee my thoughts Continual, climb; who, with a master hand, Hast the great whole into perfection touch'd. 522 THOMSON: _Seasons, Spring,_ Line 556. =Dejection.= As high as we have mounted in delight, In our dejection do we sink as low. 523 WORDSWORTH: _Resolution and Independence,_ St. 4. |
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