human
My benefactor! Were the world a waste, A thistle-waste, ass-nibbled, goldfinch-pecked, And all the men and women merely asses, I still could lay this hand upon this heart, And cry, 'Not yet alone! I know a man-- A man Jove-fronted, and Hyperion-curled-- A gushing, flushing, blushing human heart!'
gpt
As sure as you live, sir, said Tom,
human
Base is the slave who pays, and baser prose-- Hang uninspired patter! 'Tis in verse That angels praise, and fiends in Limbo curse.
gpt
And asses bray, I think, said Tom, in despair.
human
Do you know where Mr. Briggs is now?
gpt
And why the devil do you want to know? For that's a verse, sir, although somewhat slow.
human
Better tell the fellow the plain truth,
gpt
Come out with us, and I will tell you.
human
What? leave the nepenthe untasted?
gpt
The fact is, sir,--I speak to you, of course, in confidence, as one gentleman to another--
human
That his family are exceedingly distressed at his absence, and his wife, who, as you may know, is a lady of high family, dangerously ill; and he cannot be aware of the fact. This gentleman is the medical man of her family, and I--I am an intimate friend. We should esteem it therefore the very greatest service if you would give us any information which--
gpt
Weep no more, gentle shepherds, weep no more; For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be upon a garret floor, With fumes of Morpheus' crown about his head.
human
Fumes of Morpheus' crown?
gpt
That crimson flower which crowns the sleepy god, And sweeps the soul aloft, though flesh may nod.
human
He has taken to opium! said Thurnall to the bewildered Major.
gpt
What I should have expected.
human
God help him! we must save him out of that last lowest deep! cried Campbell.
gpt
Where is he, sir?
human
A vow! a vow! I have a vow in heaven! Why guide the hounds toward the trembling hare? Our Adonais hath drunk poison; Oh! What deaf and viperous murderer could crown Life's early cup with such a draught of woe?
gpt
As I live, sir, cried Campbell, losing his self-possession in disgust at the fool;