The Strange Case of Francis TidirRobert Banks & Son, 1901 - 117 pages |
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11th January 22nd January alleged allusion Anatomy of Melancholy Anne Bacon Anon Anthony appears appointed Arte of English authorship Baconiana Bi-literal Cipher biographers birth Bompas Bryskett Cæsar Chartley Cipher Story Court critic death Devereux died Earl of Essex Earl of Leicester Edmund Bolton Edmund Spenser Edward England English Poesie Essays Euphues facts Faerie Queene favour folio Francis Bacon Francis published Gabriel Harvey Gallup Gorhambury Greene's Grosart hath Henry VIII House inscription Ireland John King letters literary living London Lord Lyly Majesty Marlowe marriage married Miss Strickland Note Peele persons Plays poems poet Poetrie Prince printed publication published anonymously Puttenham Quadra Queen Elizabeth Robert Dudley Robert Greene Rosicrucians says secret Shakespeare Shakspere Shepheard's Calendar Shrew Sir Nicholas Bacon Sir Philip Sidney Sonnet style Tamburlaine Thomas throne Tidir Tower truth valediction verse Webbe wife Wolsey's Farewell writing written by Francis wrote
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Page 2 - THE poet in a golden clime was born, With golden stars above; Dower'd with the hate of hate, the scorn of scorn, The love of love.
Page 77 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Page 79 - Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 78 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's...
Page 76 - There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 2 - He saw thro' life and death, thro' good and ill, He saw thro' his own soul. The marvel of the everlasting will, An open scroll, Before him lay...
Page 50 - WRONG'D, yet not daring to expresse my paine, To you, great Lord, the causer of my care, In clowdie teares my case I thus complaine Unto your selfe, that onely privie are.
Page 61 - Again, the meanness of my estate doth somewhat move me: for though I cannot accuse myself, that I am either prodigal or slothful, yet my health is not to spend, nor my course to get.
Page 72 - Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not.
Page 14 - And, as the Cock crew, those who stood before The Tavern shouted: 'Open then the Door! You know how little while we have to stay, And, once departed, may return no more.