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• Love's a fire that needs renewal Of fresh beauty for its fuel.

  Thomas Campbell

  Love, Fire, Needs

  Thomas Campbell (1837). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.226

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• The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.

  Thomas Campbell

  Baby, Boys, Mind

  Thomas Campbell (1834). “Life of Mrs. Siddons”, p.227

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• Tomorrow let us do or die!

  Thomas Campbell

  Tomorrow, Dies

  'Gertrude of Wyoming' (1809) pt. 3, st. 37

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• I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father.

  Thomas Campbell

  Father, Sky, Rage

  Thomas Campbell, Washington Irving, Gentleman of New York (1811). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Several Pieces from the Original Manuscript, Never Before Published in this Country”, p.276

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• Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name.

  Thomas Campbell

  Names, Grace, Magic

  Thomas Campbell, Sir John Gilbert (1862). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell. A New Edition, with Illustrations by John Gilbert. [With a Portrait.]”, p.16

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• Men of England! who inheritRights that cost your sires their blood.

  Thomas Campbell

  Men, Blood, Cost

  Thomas Campbell, Samuel Rogers (1857). “The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Rogers and Thomas Campbell: With an Original Biography and Sketch”, p.207

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• Ye are brothers! ye are men! And we conquer but to save.

  Thomas Campbell

  Brother, Men, Conquer

  Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.154

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• Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art.

  Thomas Campbell

  Art, Philosophy, Sky

  Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Thomas Hood, Theodore Edward Hook (1821). “New Monthly Magazine”, p.16

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• Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.

  Thomas Campbell

  Home, Mountain, Towers

  Thomas Campbell (1839). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric, and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former Edition”, p.104

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• Better be courted and jilted Than never be courted at all.

  Thomas Campbell

  Jilted, Wooing

  'The Jilted Nymph' (1843)

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• Never wedding, ever wooing, Still a lovelorn heart pursuing, Read you not the wrong you're doing In my cheek's pale hue? All my life with sorrow strewing; Wed or cease to woo.

  Thomas Campbell

  Heart, Sorrow, Hue

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1830). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: complete in one volume”, p.167

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• The prophet's mantle, ere his flight began, Dropt on the world--a sacred gift to man.

  Thomas Campbell

  Men, World, Sacred

  Mark Akenside, Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James M'Henry (1841). “The Poems of the pleasures: consisting of The pleasures of imagination, by Mark Akenside; The pleasures of memory, by Samuel Rogers; The pleasures of hope, by Thomas Campbell; The pleasures of friendship, by James M'Henry”, p.207

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• On Linden, when the sun was low,
  All bloodless lay the untrodden snow,
  And dark as winter was the flow
  Of Iser, rolling rapidly.

  Thomas Campbell

  Dark, Winter, Snow

  Thomas Campbell (1854). “The Pleasures of Hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and othe Poems: To which are added Collin's and Gray's poetical works Seventh Thousand”, p.92

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• His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest.

  Thomas Campbell

  Dog, Faithful, Guests

  Thomas Campbell (1853). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With a Memoir of His Life ...”, p.37

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• An original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not original in me, Excepting Original Sin.

  Thomas Campbell

  Writing, Wish, Maids

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• Whose lines are mottoes of the heart,Whose truths electrify the sage.

  Thomas Campbell

  Heart, Sage, Lines

  Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.167

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• Beauty's witching sway is now to me a star that's fallen-a dream that's passed away.

  Thomas Campbell

  Beauty, Dream, Stars

  Thomas Campbell (1854). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With an Original Biography, and Notes”, p.303

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• The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn, Till danger's troubled night depart, And the star of peace return.

  Thomas Campbell

  Peace, Stars, Night

  Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.151

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• The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!

  Thomas Campbell

  Bravery, Munich, Chivalry

  Thomas Campbell (1822). “Poetical Works”, p.161

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• What though my winged hours of bliss have been, Like angel visits, few and far between.

  Thomas Campbell

  Angel, Bliss, Hours

  1799 The Pleasures of Hope, pt.2, l.375-6.

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• O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.

  Thomas Campbell

  Tree, Barren, Spots

  'The Beech-Tree's Petition'.

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• A stoic of the woods,--a man without a tear.

  Thomas Campbell

  Men, Tears, Woods

  Thomas Campbell, Oliver Goldsmith, Thomas Gray (1872). “The Poetical Works of Campbell, Goldsmith and Gray: With Memoirs of the Authors”, p.96

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• For there no yew nor cypress spread their glom But roses blossom'd each rustic tomb.

  Thomas Campbell

  Rose, Yew, Cypresses

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• O star-eyed Science, hast thou wander'd there, To waft us home the message of despair?

  Thomas Campbell

  Stars, Home, Science

  Samuel Rogers, Thomas Campbell, James Montgomery, Charles Lamb, Henry Kirke White (1839). “The poetical works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White”, p.121

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• He scorn'd his own, who felt another's woe.

  Thomas Campbell

  Gratitude, Woe, Philanthropy

  Thomas Campbell (1822). “Poetical Works”, p.95

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