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(Orion) A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.
(Orion) A hunter of shadows, himself a shade.
Follow a shadow, it still flies you,
Seem to fly, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, read more
Follow a shadow, it still flies you,
Seem to fly, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say are not women truly, then,
Styled but the shadows of us men?
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.
Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most
conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the read more
Shadows are in reality, when the sun is shining, the most
conspicuous thing in a landscape, next to the highest lights.
Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And read more
Alas! must it ever be so?
Do we stand in our own light, wherever we go,
And fight our own shadows forever?
Come like shadows, so depart!
Come like shadows, so depart!
By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night
Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard
Than can read more
By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night
Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard
Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers
Armed in proof and led by shallow Richmond.
The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains.
[Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]
And the greater shadows fall from the lofty mountains.
[Lat., Majoresque cadunt altis de montibus umbrae.]