'Twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there: Two paradises 'twere in one To live in paradise alone.
Andrew MarvellO that 'twere possible After long grief and pain To find the arms of my true love Round me once again!
TennysonWho is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, And in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own. Not in the morning alone, not only at mid-day he charmeth; Even at setting, the sun is still the same glorious planet.
Methinks the truth should live from age to age, As 'twere retail'd to all posterity, Even to the general all-ending day.
william shakespeareIf it were done, when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly.
william shakespeareIf it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch, With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgement here; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which being taught, return To plague the inventor: this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.
william shakespeareIt engenders choler, planteth anger; And better 'twere that both of us did fast, Since, of ourselves, ourselves are choleric, Than feed it with such over-roasted flesh.
william shakespeareOh! I have pass'd a miserable night, So full of ugly sights, of ghastly dreams, That, as I am a Christian faithful man, I would not spend another such a night, Though 'twere to buy a world of happy days.
william shakespeareDo I? yea, in very truth do I, An 'twere an aspen leaf.
william shakespeareNay, then, what flames are these that leap and swell As 'twere to show, where earth's foundations crack, The secrets of the sepulchres of hell On Dante's track?
algernon charles swinburneAs virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: 280 So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move; 'twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity of our love.
john donneAs in a month you've got to die If Ko-Ko tells us true, 'twere empty compliment to cry 'Long life to Nanki-Poo!' But as one month you have to live As fellow-citizen, This toast with three times three we'll give 'Long life to youtill then!'
Sir W(illiam) S(chwenck) GilbertYou say, as I have often given tongue In praise of what another's said or sung, 'twere politic to do the like by these; But was there ever dog that praised his fleas?
You say, as I have often given tongue In praise of what another's said or sung, 'twere politic to do the like by these; But was there ever a dog that praised his fleas?
William Butler YeatsAnd the world's so rich in resplendent eyes, 'twere a pity to limit one's love to a pair.
thomas moore'twere better to be born a stone Of ruder shape, and feeling none, Than with a tenderness like mine And sensibilities so fine! Ah, hapless wretch! condemn'd to dwell Forever in my native shell, Ordained to move when others please, Not for my own content or ease; But toss'd and buffeted about, Now in the water and now out.
william cowperIf it were now to die, 'twere now to be most happy; for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
william shakespeare'twere to consider too curiously, to consider so.
william shakespeareWhy, courage, then! what cannot be avoided, 'twere childish weakness to lament or fear.
Gentle powers, forbear! Twere worse than all my miseries foreseen Should my huge wreck suck down the friendly skiffs That proffer'd aid. Oh! would that Jupiter Had hurl'd me to the deep of Erebus, Where neither god nor man might pity me.
hartley coleridgeTwere better far That gods should quaff their nectar merrily, And men sing out the day like grasshoppers, So may they haply lull the watchful thunder.
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