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" A kingdom, for his first year's rents: And, what he may, forbears His fame to make it theirs: And has his sword and spoils ungirt, To lay them at the public's skirt. "
The Writings: Old portraits and modern sketches; Personal sketches and ... - Page 99
by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889
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The Flower of the Mind: A Choice Among the Best Poems

Alice Meynell - 1904 - 388 pages
...overcome, confessed How good he is, how just, And fit for highest trust ; Nor yet grown stiffer with command, But still in the republic's hand (How fit...His fame, to make it theirs ; And has his sword and spoil ungirt, To lay them at the Public's skirt : So when the falcon high Falls heavy from the sky,...
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Odes, sonnets and epigrams

Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - 302 pages
...stiffer with command, But still in the republic's hand— How fit he is to sway That can so well obey! 84 He to the Commons' feet presents A Kingdom for his...what he may, forbears His fame, to make it theirs : 8K And has his sword and spoils ungirt, To lay them at the public's skirt. So when the falcon high...
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English History in Verse

Ernest Pertwee - 1906 - 432 pages
...overcome, confessed How good he is, how just, And fit for highest trust. Nor yet grown stiffer with command, But still in the republic's hand — How fit he is to sway, AN HORATIAN ODE He to the Commons' feet presents A kingdom for his first year's rents ; And, what he...
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Ballads and Poems Illustrating English History

Frank Sidgwick - 1907 - 234 pages
...still in the Republic's hand — • How fit he is to sway That can so well obey! He to the Common's feet presents A Kingdom for his first year's rents,...and spoils ungirt To lay them at the Public's skirt. 90 So when the falcon high Falls heavy from the sky, She, having kill'd, no more doth search But on...
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Palgrave's Golden Treasury

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1907 - 448 pages
...though overcome, confest How good he is, how just And fit for highest trust ; Nor yet grown stiffer with command, But still in the Republic's hand — How...fit he is to sway That can so well obey ! He to the Common's feet presents A kingdom for his first year's rents, And (what he may) forbears His fame, to...
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Ballads and Poems Illustrating English History

Frank Sidgwick - 1907 - 248 pages
...praises best, And have, though overcome, confest How good he is, how just Nor yet grown stiffer with command, But still in the Republic's hand — How fit he is to sway That can so well obey! He to the Common's feet presents A Kingdom for his first year's rents, And (what he may) forbears His fame, to...
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A Book of Poetry Illustrative of English History ...: The Tudors & Stuarts

G. Dowse - 1908 - 104 pages
...overcome, confest How good he is, how just And fit for highest trust. so Nor yet grown stiffer with command, But still in the Republic's hand— How fit...can so well obey ! He to the Commons' feet presents 85 A Kingdom for his first year's rents, And (what he may) forbears And has his sword and spoils ungirt...
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The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, with Notes

1908 - 464 pages
...overcome, confest How good he is, how just And fit for highest trust. 25 Nor yet grown stiffer with command. But still in the Republic's hand — How...can so well obey! He to the Commons' feet presents 30 A Kingdom for his first year's rents. And (what he may} forbears His fame, to make it theirs: And...
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The Golden Treasury of Songs and Lyrics, with Notes

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1908 - 476 pages
...overcome, confest How good he is, how just And fit for highest trust. 2S Nor yet grown stiffer with command, But still in the Republic's hand — How...can so well obey! He to the Commons' feet presents 30 A Kingdom for his first year's rents, And (what he may) forbears His fame, to make it theirs: And...
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English Poems: The Elizabethan age and the Puritan period (1550-1660)

Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1909 - 572 pages
...republic's hand, How fit he is to sway That can so well obey ! He to the Commons' feet presents 85 A kingdom for his first year's rents; And what he...spoils ungirt, To lay them at the public's skirt: 90 So when the falcon high Falls heavy from the sky, She, having killed, no more doth search But on...
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