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Above any Greek or Roman name.
Above any Greek or Roman name.
I cannot say the crow is white,
But needs must call a spade a spade.
I cannot say the crow is white,
But needs must call a spade a spade.
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
The power of grace, the magic of a name.
Who hath not own'd, with rapture-smitten frame,
The power of grace, the magic of a name.
He lives who dies to win a lasting name.
He lives who dies to win a lasting name.
Old age is . . . a lot of crossed off names in an address book.
Old age is . . . a lot of crossed off names in an address book.
Oh! no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to read more
Oh! no! we never mention her,
Her name is never heard;
My lips are now forbid to speak
That once familiar word.
- Thomas Haynes Bayly,
The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
And when fate writ my name it made a blot.
The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
And when fate writ my name it made a blot.
My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.
My name may have buoyancy enough to float upon the sea of time.
