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Metamorphoses: Book The Tenth

THENCE, in his saffron robe, for distant Thrace,
Hymen departs, thro' air's unmeasur'd space;
By Orpheus call'd, the nuptial Pow'r attends,
But with ill-omen'd augury descends;
Nor chearful look'd the God, nor prosp'rous spoke,
Nor blaz'd his torch, but wept in hissing smoke.
In vain they whirl it round, in vain they shake,
No rapid motion can its flames awake.
The Story of With dread these inauspicious signs were view'd,
Orpheus And soon a more disastrous end ensu'd;
and Eurydice For as the bride, amid the Naiad train,
Ran joyful, sporting o'er the flow'ry plain,
A venom'd viper bit her as she pass'd;
Instant she fell, and sudden breath'd her last.
When long his loss the Thracian had deplor'd,
Not by superior Pow'rs to be restor'd;
Inflam'd by love, and urg'd by deep despair,
He leaves the realms of light, and upper air;
Daring to tread the dark Tenarian road,
And tempt the shades in their obscure abode;

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poem by Ovid
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Chieves are impudent, but also very discreet.

aphorism by Valeriu Butulescu from Immensity of the Point, translated by Eva A. Ziem
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

Jane Austen in Emma
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Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.

quote by Jane Austen
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Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.

quote by Charles Horton Cooley
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War Grave

Staffs flehen cross arms
Writing zagt pale unknown
Flowers impudent
Dust shyly.
Flare
Water
Glast
Forgotten.

poem by August Stramm
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A Human Disposition:

Ignorant
Mindless
Prejudice
Envious
R ebelious
Foolish
Esurient
Carnal
Trem ulous
Impudent
Oblivious
Nihilistic

poem by Jonathan Maldonado
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B: XVIIII: To Come

Life went on,
Impudent, brash,
Independent.
Then,
When darkness enveloped all,
A script,
The hungry fed,
The shamed unblamed,
Time untamed.

poem by Douglas Scotney
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Candles

You came in very late!
That is why your candles have now burnt out;
But like impudent and stubborn people,
I have laid down my eyes to watch over you.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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Impudent

You are impudent against the truth and,
I am deeply grieved!
Because the gate of hell lies next to you,
And i will not be at rest so easily.

poem by Edward Kofi Louis
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