Identifier: homeschoolofamer00bird (find matches)
Title: Home school of American literature:
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Birdsall, William Wilfred, 1854-1909, (from old catalog) comp. and ed Jones, Rufus Matthew, 1863- (from old catalog) joint comp. and ed
Subjects: American literature English literature
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Elliott publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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lory,And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor,—-Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in ;A sure and safe one, though thy master missd it.Mark but my fall, and that that ruind me.Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition;By that sin fell the angels; how can man, then,.The image of his Maker, hope to win byt?Love thyself last : cherish those hearts that hatethee; 558 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 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 aimst at be thy countrys. Thy Gods, and truths; then if thou fallst, O Cromwell,Thou fallst a blessed martyr. Serve the king.And, Prythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have. To the last penny; tis the kings : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell,Had I but served my God with half the zealI served my king, he would not in mine ageHave left me naked to mine enemies.
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Come Apace, Good Audrey: I Will Fetch Up Your Goats, Audrey. TOUCHSTONEAs You Like It. Touch. Come apace, good Audrey : I will fetchup your goats, Audrey. And how, Audrey? amI the man yet? doth my simple feature contentyou ? Atid. Your features! Lord warrant us ! whatfeatures ? Touch. I am here with thee and thy goats, asthe most capricious poet, honest Ovid, was amongthe Goths. When a mans verses can not be understood, AND AUDREY. Act III, Scene J. nor a mans good wit seconded with the forwardchild Understanding, it strikes a man more deadthan a great reckoning in a little room. Truly, Iwould the gods had made thee poetical. Aud. I do not know what poetical is; is ithonest in deed and word? is it a true thing? Touch. No, truly; for the truest poetry is themost feigning; and lovers are given to poetry,and what they swear in poetry may be said aslovers they do feign. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE. 559 Aud. Do you wish, then, that the gods hadmade me poetical ? Touch. I do, truly; for thou svvear

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