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This day, beyond all contradiction - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
And swear my heart shall do no treason - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
And the soft chain of thought has bound me - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
You owe no mortal man a shilling - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
You never cringe for star or garter - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
You're much too wise to be a martyr - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
As varied as they're many - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
Charms many praise beyond all measure - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
Combine to form my chosen treasure - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
My spleen's above the power of words - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
Till Autumn's loveliest days are past - "The Flower and the Oak: Imitated from the Italian" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.335, 11 Oct. 1828]
Whose chariot roll'd on wheels of amber and of gold - "Hymn [I praised the earth, in beauty seen]" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
Gild the span of ruined earth - "Hymn [I praised the earth, in beauty seen]" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
To sow in guilt what they must reap in woe - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Heaping upon themselves more deep damnation - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
When leagued with me in crime and punishment - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Condemned to an eternity of exile - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
With all that bitter agony of soul - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
I cannot leave my fatal conquest - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Lay down this weight of sceptred misery - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
The unatonable deeds of ages rise - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Between me and the throne of Grace - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
When I ruled the anarchy of Heaven - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Let forth Destruction's formless fiend - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Musing o'er the dust of fallen Carthage - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Unmoved among the ruins of the works of God - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
O'er the fallen pillars of the deep and sky - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
The wreck of nature by my deeds prepared - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Which o'erpay the power of Destiny - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Hermes, god of cheats and chatter - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
With its virtues tip my hammer - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Diluting song in milk and water - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Smooth as glass an eke as brittle - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Tropes purloining, graces coining - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Clogs the head and dims the eyes - "Pleasures of Snuff-Taking" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
Makes me feel less sense of sorrow - "Pleasures of Snuff-Taking" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
For memory brought a deed to match - "A Report from Below" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.14, no.403, 5 Dec. 1829]
Without some small attempt at strife - "A Report from Below" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.14, no.403, 5 Dec. 1829]
And brought me to with scalding water - "A Report from Below" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.14, no.403, 5 Dec. 1829]
Whatsoever name may be bestowed - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
This wild rhapsody of lawless chime - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
High in their own eyes as any steeple - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Bearing the produce of a thousand marts - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
That bard of heaven, earth, chaos, and perdition - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Leaning upon sorrow's outstretched hand - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
With the old wolf inside him unfed - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Their dust is now to kindred dust consigned - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Like that fierce writing on the wall - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
And error gilding worst designs - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
Speckled snake that strays and shines - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
Betrays his path by crooked lines - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
My scalded eyes no longer brook - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
You're grown out of knowledge - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Changed from the spur to the crown - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
By ravings of rebels and Rock - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Shuts out the sunshine of truth - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Grows harder by sullen degrees - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Time treads o'er the grave of Affection - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Once could be charmed with our salads - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
You've forgotten the when and the how - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
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Some other snippets in various anonymous posts may come from this publication. There was a point when I wasn't tracking periodical sources as part of the snippet attribution, and I can't easily identify those snippets now.
This day, beyond all contradiction - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
And swear my heart shall do no treason - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
And the soft chain of thought has bound me - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
You owe no mortal man a shilling - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
You never cringe for star or garter - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
You're much too wise to be a martyr - "April Fools" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.364, 4 April 1829]
As varied as they're many - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
Charms many praise beyond all measure - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
Combine to form my chosen treasure - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
My spleen's above the power of words - "The Chosen One" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13 no.377, June 27, 1829, credited London Magazine]
Till Autumn's loveliest days are past - "The Flower and the Oak: Imitated from the Italian" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.335, 11 Oct. 1828]
Whose chariot roll'd on wheels of amber and of gold - "Hymn [I praised the earth, in beauty seen]" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
Gild the span of ruined earth - "Hymn [I praised the earth, in beauty seen]" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
To sow in guilt what they must reap in woe - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Heaping upon themselves more deep damnation - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
When leagued with me in crime and punishment - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Condemned to an eternity of exile - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
With all that bitter agony of soul - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
I cannot leave my fatal conquest - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Lay down this weight of sceptred misery - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
The unatonable deeds of ages rise - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Between me and the throne of Grace - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
When I ruled the anarchy of Heaven - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Let forth Destruction's formless fiend - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Musing o'er the dust of fallen Carthage - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Unmoved among the ruins of the works of God - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
O'er the fallen pillars of the deep and sky - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
The wreck of nature by my deeds prepared - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Which o'erpay the power of Destiny - "The King of Darkness: On the Fallen Angels" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12 no.337, Oct. 25, 1828]
Hermes, god of cheats and chatter - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
With its virtues tip my hammer - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Diluting song in milk and water - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Smooth as glass an eke as brittle - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Tropes purloining, graces coining - "London Lyrics: The Auctioneer's Ode to Mercury" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.13, no.365, 11 April 1829]
Clogs the head and dims the eyes - "Pleasures of Snuff-Taking" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
Makes me feel less sense of sorrow - "Pleasures of Snuff-Taking" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.12, no.333, 27 Sept. 1828]
For memory brought a deed to match - "A Report from Below" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.14, no.403, 5 Dec. 1829]
Without some small attempt at strife - "A Report from Below" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.14, no.403, 5 Dec. 1829]
And brought me to with scalding water - "A Report from Below" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.14, no.403, 5 Dec. 1829]
Whatsoever name may be bestowed - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
This wild rhapsody of lawless chime - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
High in their own eyes as any steeple - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Bearing the produce of a thousand marts - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
That bard of heaven, earth, chaos, and perdition - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Leaning upon sorrow's outstretched hand - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
With the old wolf inside him unfed - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Their dust is now to kindred dust consigned - "Rhyming Ruminations on Old London Bridge" [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.20, no.557, 14 July 1832]
Like that fierce writing on the wall - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
And error gilding worst designs - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
Speckled snake that strays and shines - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
Betrays his path by crooked lines - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
My scalded eyes no longer brook - "Verses for an Album" [Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction v.10 no.288, supplementary number, 1828]
You're grown out of knowledge - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Changed from the spur to the crown - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
By ravings of rebels and Rock - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Shuts out the sunshine of truth - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Grows harder by sullen degrees - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Time treads o'er the grave of Affection - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Once could be charmed with our salads - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
You've forgotten the when and the how - "You'll Come to Our Ball" [Mirror of Literature v.13 issue 358, Feb. 1829. Credited to London Magazine]
Wikipedia page for the first editor of this publication.
Navigation Links:
Go to Anonymous authors documents index.
Go to author indices.
Go to word indices.
Go to category indices.