... gladdening mortal life, As sunrise dawns upon the gaze of one Bewildered in some outland waste, and lost: Who, lonely faint and shuddering, through the night Heard savage creatures nigh; and far-off moan Of tempests on ... — My Beautiful Lady. Nelly Dale • Thomas Woolner
... insolent shouting into his holy quiet. God could not bind these bragging noises up In Nebuchadnezzar's heart; it is not his, But made by Babylonian gods or owned By thrones that hold the heavens over Nineveh. For all these outland greatnesses, these kings Whose war goes pealing through the world, these towns Infidel and triumphant, reaching forth Armies to hug the world close to their lust,— What are they but the gods making a scorn Of ... — Emblems Of Love • Lascelles Abercrombie
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