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Translation of a Speech of Aquileio in the Adriano of Metastasio Samuel Johnson	And of his every gift usurp the merit, That hide in seeming zeal a wicked purpose, And only build upon another's...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Translations: Dante - Inferno, Canto XXVI Alan Seeger	If in your eyes some merit I have won -- Merit, or more or less -- for tribute done When in the world I framed my...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
True love -mutual understanding-true spirit hazel Shirley	though far carries...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Twelve Articles Jonathan Swift	And in dress place all your merit; Give yourself ten thousand airs: That with me shall break no...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Unity Yet Diversity Richard Newton Sherrer	Each one having its own merit, No part each other...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Unsearchable Majesty Richard Newton Sherrer	What God has done in His...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Unspoken Promise Wallace Dean LaBenne	Our merit is good Forever is unspoken yet...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Unspoken Words John Boyle O'Reilly	And claim a merit that is not their...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Upon Honour. A Fragment. Matthew Prior	Ermin, Coronets, and Stars, Which often is by merit sought, By gold and flatt'ry oft'ner...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Upon the Death of Lord Hastings John Dryden	If merit be disease; if virtue, death; To be good, not to be; who'd then bequeath Himself to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Upon the death of my ever desired friend Doctor Donne Dean of Pauls Henry King	Or t'have had too much merit is not safe; For such excesses find no...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D. Jonathan Swift	With all the kindness they profess, The merit of a lucky guess (When daily 'How d'ye's' come of course, And servants...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Vicarious Encounters Wallace Dean LaBenne	empathic touch You don't have to have merit to scrutinize...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Waring Robert Browning	As deep I go into the merit Of this and that distinguished spirit--- His cheeks' raised colour, soon to sink, As long I...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wendell Phillips Amos Bronson Alcott	If Time long held thy merit in suspense, Hastening repentant now, with pen devout, Impartial History dare not leave...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Winter-Night Meditations. Patrick Bronte	The boundless whole, avert those ills We richly merit: purge away The sins which on our vitals prey; Protect, with Thine almighty shield Our...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wisdom Instruction Richard Newton Sherrer	Doing as to the way you should, That your merit will not...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wise Expression Richard Newton Sherrer	Better is the end to bring, Results coming from merit; Than looks from the beginning, To have a patient...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Wishes To His (Supposed) Mistress Richard Crashaw	May she enjoy it, Whose merit dare apply it, But modesty dares still deny...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Works and Faith Richard Newton Sherrer	Your works will display your...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Worldly Warning Richard Newton Sherrer	For lust has no worth, In what you...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Worth Forest Wilfrid Scawen Blunt	Others find Her special merit to consist in this: A maiden coyness, and her shy device Of mole--like...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Written For My Son Mary Barber	Olympic Wreaths uncommon Merit...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Written For My Son, And Spoken By Him, At A public Examination For Victors. Mary Barber	Who feels not now a gen'rous Emulation, When Merit raises to the highest...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
YARROW FLOWER BOARDS Norbert Tasev	believe many beautiful idyllic dreams, and with merit marks the insidious and judging eyes of men humiliated me until only humane human beings from...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)