"Unwish" Quotes from Famous Books
... self-convicted bosom, which hath wrought The bane of others, or enslaved itself With shackles vile? Not poison, nor sharp fire, Nor the worst pangs that ever monkish hate Suggested, or despotic rage imposed, 400 Were at that season an unwish'd exchange, When the soul loathes herself; when, flying thence To crowds, on every brow she sees portray'd Pell demons, Hate or Scorn, which drive her back To solitude, her judge's voice divine To hear in secret, haply sounding through The ... — Poetical Works of Akenside - [Edited by George Gilfillan] • Mark Akenside |