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Words that bleed feeling.
Poetry is the art of crafting language into concentrated expressions of feeling, thought, and experience, often employing rhythm, rhyme, and evocative imagery to create a profound and lasting impact. It is meaningful because it allows us to connect with the universal human condition, offering new perspectives, emotional resonance, and a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us.
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# Poetry & Epic poetry
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Epic poetry
Works by John MiltonU
Context: • St. 119, l. 831
• Source: Wikiquote: "Troilus and Criseyde" (Quotes, Book V)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Troilus and Criseyde" (Quotes, Book V)
“Trewe as steel.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Let him set sail.
• Line 237 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book IV:
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• Line 237 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book IV:
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“Naviget!”
— Unknown
Works by VirgilU
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“Cede Deo.”
— Unknown
# Poetry & Works by Virgil
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Context: • Force finds a way.
• Line 494 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book II:
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• Line 494 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book II:
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“Fit via vi.”
— Unknown
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“Fama volat.”
— Unknown
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Context: • O, where are those fields!
• Line 486; expressing longing for the country-side.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Georgics" (Quotes, Book II)
• Line 486; expressing longing for the country-side.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Georgics" (Quotes, Book II)
“O ubi campi!”
— Unknown
PoetryU
“Fata vocant.”
— Unknown
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Context: • The hope of the flock.
• Line 15 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Eclogues" (Quotations, Book I)
• Line 15 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Eclogues" (Quotations, Book I)
“Spes gregis.”
— Unknown
# Poetry & Works by Alexander Pope
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Context: • Book III, line 90. Compare: "Another, yet the same", Thomas Tickell, From a Lady in England; Samuel Johnson, Life of Dryden; Charles Darwin, Botanic Garden, part i, canto iv, line 380; William Wordsworth, The Excursion, Book IX; Sir Walter Scott, The Abbot, chap. i; Horace, carmen secundum, line 10.
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Dunciad" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Dunciad" (Quotes)
“Another, yet the same.”
— Dunciad
Works by Alexander Pope
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Context: • Line 357.
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Iliad of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1715 to 1720), Book III)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Iliad of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1715 to 1720), Book III)
“Plough the watery deep.”
— The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)
Context: • Line 485.
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Iliad of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1715 to 1720), Book VII)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Iliad of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1715 to 1720), Book VII)
“I war not with the dead.”
— The Iliad of Homer (Alexander Pope)
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Context: • Line 749.
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Odyssey of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Odyssey of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1725):
Note: Elijah Fenton translated Books I, IV, XIX and XX; William Broome translated Books II, VI, VIII, XI, XII, XVI, XVIII and XXIII; Alexander Pope revised and corrected these, and translated the remaining books., Book XI)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Odyssey of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Odyssey of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1725):
Note: Elijah Fenton translated Books I, IV, XIX and XX; William Broome translated Books II, VI, VIII, XI, XII, XVI, XVIII and XXIII; Alexander Pope revised and corrected these, and translated the remaining books., Book XI)
“Gloomy as night he stands.”
— The (Alexander Pope) Oddysey of Homer
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Context: • Line 41.
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Odyssey of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Odyssey of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1725):
Note: Elijah Fenton translated Books I, IV, XIX and XX; William Broome translated Books II, VI, VIII, XI, XII, XVI, XVIII and XXIII; Alexander Pope revised and corrected these, and translated the remaining books., Book XXII)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Odyssey of Homer (Alexander Pope)" (The Odyssey of Homer (poetic interpretation, 1725):
Note: Elijah Fenton translated Books I, IV, XIX and XX; William Broome translated Books II, VI, VIII, XI, XII, XVI, XVIII and XXIII; Alexander Pope revised and corrected these, and translated the remaining books., Book XXII)
“Dogs, ye have had your day!”
— The (Alexander Pope) Oddysey of Homer
# Poetry & Works by John Milton
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Context: • Line 174; compare: "Rubente dextera", Horace, Ode i, 2, 2
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book II)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book II)
“His red right hand.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Line 406
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book II)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book II)
“The palpable obscure.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Line 582
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book XI)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book XI)
“A bevy of fair women.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Line 549
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book IX)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book IX)
“So gloz'd the tempter.”
— Unknown
# Poetry & Ovid
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Context: • ?
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• Source: Wikiquote: "Fasti (poem)" (Quotes, Classical and Foreign Quotations:
W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 180, 282, 353, 420, 527, 535, 685, 764, 768, 869, 892, 904, 1000, 1161, 1897, 2108, 2258, 2358, 2506, 2869)
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• Source: Wikiquote: "Fasti (poem)" (Quotes, Classical and Foreign Quotations:
W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 180, 282, 353, 420, 527, 535, 685, 764, 768, 869, 892, 904, 1000, 1161, 1897, 2108, 2258, 2358, 2506, 2869)
“?”
— Unknown
OvidU
Context: • Believe one who knows.
• 3, 511. (tr. J. H. Mozley).
• Cf. Experto crede.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Ars Amatoria" (Quotes, Classical and Foreign Quotations:
W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 52, 97, 182, 196, 244, 258, 265, 596, 680, 693, 741, 766, 773, 791, 812, 813, 972, 1079, 1097, 1200, 1498, 1549, 1669, 1706, 1731, 1793, 1862, 2015, 2031, 2070, 2107, 2161, 2192, 2321A, 2398, 2433, 2513, 2579, 2587, 2607)
• 3, 511. (tr. J. H. Mozley).
• Cf. Experto crede.
• Source: Wikiquote: "Ars Amatoria" (Quotes, Classical and Foreign Quotations:
W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 52, 97, 182, 196, 244, 258, 265, 596, 680, 693, 741, 766, 773, 791, 812, 813, 972, 1079, 1097, 1200, 1498, 1549, 1669, 1706, 1731, 1793, 1862, 2015, 2031, 2070, 2107, 2161, 2192, 2321A, 2398, 2433, 2513, 2579, 2587, 2607)
“Experto credite.”
— Unknown
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Context: • XV, 83
• Source: Wikiquote: "Heroides" (Quotes:
Grant Showerman, ed. Ovid: Heroides and Amores, LCL 41 (1914); revised by G. P. Goold (1989), Classical and Foreign Quotations:
Variants: W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 4, 12, 127, 149, 334, 504, 695, 732, 1169, 1815, 2527, 2567, 2700)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Heroides" (Quotes:
Grant Showerman, ed. Ovid: Heroides and Amores, LCL 41 (1914); revised by G. P. Goold (1989), Classical and Foreign Quotations:
Variants: W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 4, 12, 127, 149, 334, 504, 695, 732, 1169, 1815, 2527, 2567, 2700)
“Pursuits grow into habits.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Heroides" (Quotes:
Grant Showerman, ed. Ovid: Heroides and Amores, LCL 41 (1914); revised by G. P. Goold (1989), Classical and Foreign Quotations:
Variants: W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 4, 12, 127, 149, 334, 504, 695, 732, 1169, 1815, 2527, 2567, 2700)
Grant Showerman, ed. Ovid: Heroides and Amores, LCL 41 (1914); revised by G. P. Goold (1989), Classical and Foreign Quotations:
Variants: W. Francis H. King, ed. Classical and Foreign Quotations, 3rd ed. (1904), nos. 4, 12, 127, 149, 334, 504, 695, 732, 1169, 1815, 2527, 2567, 2700)
“Arbiter es formæ.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Heroides" (Quotes:
Grant Showerman, ed. Ovid: Heroides and Amores, LCL 41 (1914); revised by G. P. Goold (1989))
Grant Showerman, ed. Ovid: Heroides and Amores, LCL 41 (1914); revised by G. P. Goold (1989))
“Exitus acta probat.”
— Unknown
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Context: • St. 119, l. 831
• Source: Wikiquote: "Troilus and Criseyde" (Quotes, Book V)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Troilus and Criseyde" (Quotes, Book V)
“Trewe as steel.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Helen Hunt Jackson, Tides
• Source: Wikiquote: "Poetry about love" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 464-84.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Poetry about love" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations:
Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 464-84.)
“Love has a tide!”
— Unknown
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Context: • Let him set sail.
• Line 237 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book IV:
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• Line 237 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book IV:
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“Naviget!”
— Unknown
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“My wit is thinne.”
— Unknown
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“Cede Deo.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sama Veda" (Quotes, Samveda: Sayings from Sama VedaSamveda)
“Adorn your speech.”
— Unknown
Hindu textsU
Context: • Tale, l. 354
Cf. Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act I, sc. i, l. 234
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Canterbury Tales" (Quotes, The Merchant's Tale)
Cf. Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act I, sc. i, l. 234
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Canterbury Tales" (Quotes, The Merchant's Tale)
“For love is blind.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Line 174; compare: "Rubente dextera", Horace, Ode i, 2, 2
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book II)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Paradise Lost" (Book II)
“His red right hand.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Stanza 19
• Source: Wikiquote: "Don Juan (Byron)" (Quotes, Canto V (1821))
• Source: Wikiquote: "Don Juan (Byron)" (Quotes, Canto V (1821))
“A lady in the case.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Source: Wikiquote: "Sama Veda" (Quotes, Samveda: Sayings from Sama VedaSamveda)
“Fire enkindles fire”
— Unknown
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“Weping and wayling.”
— Unknown
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Context: • l. 699
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Iliads of Homer (George Chapman)" (Quotes, Book XXIV:
Omega sings the Exsequies,
And Hector’s redemptory prise.)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Iliads of Homer (George Chapman)" (Quotes, Book XXIV:
Omega sings the Exsequies,
And Hector’s redemptory prise.)
“Troy swum in tears.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Line 151
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Task (poem)" (Quotes, Book II, The Timepiece)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Task (poem)" (Quotes, Book II, The Timepiece)
“Fast-anchor'd isle.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Force finds a way.
• Line 494 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book II:
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• Line 494 (tr. Fairclough)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Aeneid" (Quotes, Book II:
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“Fit via vi.”
— Unknown
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“Fama volat.”
— Unknown
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Context: • In Saving Humanity: Swami Vivekanand Perspective, book 20 hymn 58 and verse 2, p.112
• Source: Wikiquote: "Atharva Veda" (Quotes, 20)
• Source: Wikiquote: "Atharva Veda" (Quotes, 20)
“God is verily great.”
— Unknown
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Context: • Line 1370
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Rape of Lucrece" (Quotes)
• Source: Wikiquote: "The Rape of Lucrece" (Quotes)
“Cloud-kissing Ilion.”
— Unknown
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