That self-same stuff which erst proud empires swayed, of which the conquerers of the world were made. - Hannah More 'Slavery: A Poem'

Why that I cannot tell, said he, "But 'twas a famous victory." - Robert Southey, 'After Blenheim'

Slowly and sadly we laid him down, from the field of his fame fresh and gory; we carved not a line, and we raised not a stone - but left him alone with his glory. - Charles Wolfe, 'The Burial of Sir John Moore After Corunna'

'There is no God,' the wicked saith, 'and truly it's a blessing, for what he might have done with us it's better only guessing.? - Arthur Hugh Clough 'There Is No God'

As I in hoary winter's night stood shivering in the snow. - Robert Southwell 'The Burning Babe'

Drink to me only with thine eyes, and I will pledge with mine. - Ben Jonson 'Song To Celia'

Sleep on my love in thy cold bed, never to be disquieted. - Henry King 'An exequy to his matchless never to be forgotten friend'

My prime of youth is but a frost of cares. - Chidiock Tichborne 'Tichborne's Elegy'

Oh, what a lantern, what a lamp of light - Mary Sidney Herbert, O

What we cannot speak about we must

Man differs more from man than man from beast.

I believe that in all diverse forms of artistic expression across all countries, there are some sensitivities in common. Esther Phillips