“O, Harpo Death and thy clanking harp, hear!”
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“O harp and altar, of the fury fused,
(How could mere toil align thy choiring strings!)
Terrific threshold of the prophet’s pledge,
Prayer of pariah, and the lover’s cry”
To Brooklyn Bridge, Stanza 8; from The Bridge
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It scorns only the gods and never the mortals.”
Sa fureur ne va qu'à briser nos autels,
Elle n'en veut qu'aux dieux, et non pas aux mortels.
Stratonice, act I, scene iii
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Polyeucte (1642)
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