Marullus was disgusted at the way that the fickle people of Rome
turned so easily from one hero to another.
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The Dog and the Water Lilies
ByWilliam Cowper
William Cowper told Lady Hesketh about a walk beside the
river at Olney, and the affecting behaviour of his spaniel Beau.
15
If England to Itself Do Rest but True
ByWilliam Shakespeare
With King John dead and the threat of invasion fading,
Philip Faulconbridge reflects that the danger within is always greater than the danger without.
16
On Westminster Bridge
ByWilliam Wordsworth
On his way to war-torn France, William Wordsworth passed through London
and was overwhelmed by the quiet of the early morning.
17
The Time of Age
ByEdmund Waller
Seventeenth-century poet and statesman Edmund Waller
reflects on the benefits of advancing years.
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Vice and Virtue
ByAlexander Pope
Vice is a fact of life, wrote Pope, and God can even bring good out of it;
but vice is never a virtue and in tackling vice together we make our society stronger.
