Should perish) murder' d in the public gaze ! Creeds topsy-turvy, statutes in a blaze, And all to deify a will robust ! Tongue-saintly Cromwell in his stalwart clutch Seizes the sceptre, knocks the gilding off, And makes it homely as a grandam's crutch... Poems - Página 53de Edward Quillinan - 1853 - 268 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...ensemble of his writings, he is, perhaps, the first writer in the world — and that (the critic is a * Tongue-saintly Cromwell in his stalwart clutch Seizes...makes it homely as a grandam's crutch: But woe to the malignante if they scoff At him who wields it, Oliver, the Man! Save us from Lord-Protectors Puritan!... | |
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...perhaps, the first writer in the world — and that (the critic is a * Tongue-saintly Cromwell in hie stalwart clutch Seizes the sceptre, knocks the gilding...makes it homely as a grandam's crutch : But woe to the malignante if they scoff At him who wields it, Oliver, the Man ! Save us from Lord-Protectors Puritan!... | |
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...ensemble of his writings, he is, perhaps, the first writer in the world — and that (the critic is a * Tongue-saintly Cromwell in his stalwart clutch Seizes...sceptre, knocks the gilding off, And makes it homely аs a grandam'e crutch : But woe to the malignante if they scoff At him who wields it, Oliver, the... | |
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