Day her sultry fires had wasted. Calm and sweet the moonlight rose.

Thomas Campbell

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Topic

Dusk Moonlight

Author

Thomas Campbell

Source

The Turkish Lady

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1800 1800s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

Campbell, Thomas. The Turkish Lady. c. 1840.

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O, what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!

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Topic
Consequences of lying Unintended consequences Lying

Author

Sir Walter Scott
Source
Marmion
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages
Language
English
Time
1808 1800s 19th century
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Citation

Scott, Walter, Sir. Marmion: A Tale of Flodden Field. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co./London: William Miller and John Murray, 1808, canto 6, st. 17.

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Though inland far we be,
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Which brought us hither.

William Wordsworth

Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhood

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Topic
Heaven

Author

William Wordsworth
Source
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhood
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1807 1800s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Ode." Poems, in Two Volumes. Vol. 2, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807. st. 9.

Current Citation

Wordsworth, William. "Ode ('There was a time')." William Wordsworth: The Major Works: including The Prelude, edited by Stephen Gill. Oxford University Press, 2008, st. 9.