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" Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient rights in vain: But those do hold or break As men are strong or weak. "
The Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier: Poems of nature: poems subjective ... - Page 97
by John Greenleaf Whittier - 1889
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The Double Vision: Language and Meaning in Religion

Northrop Frye - 1991 - 224 pages
...revolution, the tyrannos or natural force appears again. As Marvell says of Cromwell's ousting of Charles I: Nature that hateth emptiness Allows of penetration less, And therefore must make room When greater spirits come. Hebraic and Hellenic Traditions Christianity is founded on the New Testament,...
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The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations

Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...sing His Numbers languishing. (1. 1-4) 21 Though Justice against Fate complain. And plead the antient . (I. 37-40) 22 Henothing common did, or mean. Upon the memorable Scene: But with his keener Eye The...
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Shakespearean Pragmatism: Market of His Time

Lars Engle - 1993 - 284 pages
...Machiavellian new prince, who could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work ot time. And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould. Though justice...those do hold or break As men are strong or weak. 20 Marvell's equivocal handling of Cromwell's providential understanding of his victories evokes Machiavelli...
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The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 pages
...situation in 1650 be confronted squarely: Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain: But those do hold or break As Men are strong or weak. (lines 37-40) Justice is still named justice, and the ancient rights are still rights (every party...
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Lines of Authority: Politics and English Literary Culture, 1649-1689

Steven N. Zwicker - 1993 - 276 pages
...in terms of a clear political calculus: Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain: But those do hold or break As Men are strong or weak. 35 What Marvell warily acknowledges in the Horatian Ode, however, Dryden heightens and celebrates in...
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The Modest Ambition of Andrew Marvell: A Study of Marvell and His Relation ...

Patsy Griffin - 1995 - 228 pages
...His great spirit achieves his victories: Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the antient Rights in vain: But those do hold or break As Men...greater Spirits come. What Field of all the Civil Wars, Where his were not the deepest Scars? (37-46) He not only "acts," which the unfortunate lover...
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The Columbia Anthology of British Poetry

Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...plot To plant the bergamot. Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould, Though justice...those do hold or break As men are strong or weak. 40 Nature, that hateth emptiness, Allows of penetration less: And therefore must make room Where greater...
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Poetry, Space, Landscape: Toward a New Theory

Chris Fitter - 1995 - 358 pages
...world of genuine novelty. The historical pragmatics of the 'notable English ItaloMachiavellian'322 - 'Though justice against fate complain, / And plead...But those do hold or break / As men are strong or weak'323 - here assume rather pre-Kierkegaardian connotations of total possibility. The world's order...
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Principal Products of Portugal

Donald Hall - 1997 - 290 pages
...over terror. Marvell the traditionalist poet is not unmoved by tradition. The poem continues directly: Though justice against fate complain , And plead the...therefore must make room Where greater spirits come. The most eloquent and touching stanzas describe the execution of Charles, written by the poet later...
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A Selection of Metaphysical Poets

Virginia Graham - 1996 - 260 pages
...bergamot, Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of time, 35 And cast the kingdom old Into another mould. Though justice against fate...ancient rights in vain: But those do hold or break 40 As men are strong or weak. Nature, that hateth emptiness, Allows of penetration less: And therefore...
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