Behold on wrong

Swift vengeance waits; and art subdues the strong!

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Odyssey of Homer. Book viii. Line 367.

Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know,

Are a substantial world, both pure and good.

Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood,

Our pastime and our happiness will grow.

William Wordsworth (1770-1850): Personal Talk. Stanza 3.

Trifles light as air

Are to the jealous confirmations strong

As proofs of holy writ.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Othello. Act iii. Sc. 3.

His head,

Not yet by time completely silver'd o'er,

Bespoke him past the bounds of freakish youth,

But strong for service still, and unimpair'd.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book ii. The Timepiece. Line 702.

And you, brave Cobham! to the latest breath

Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): Moral Essays. Epistle i. Line 262.

There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats,

For I am arm'd so strong in honesty

That they pass by me as the idle wind,

Which I respect not.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,—

Such men as live in these degenerate days.

Alexander Pope (1688-1744): The Iliad of Homer. Book v. Line 371.

A strong nor'-wester's blowing, Bill!

Hark! don't ye hear it roar now?

Lord help 'em, how I pities them

Unhappy folks on shore now!

William Pitt (—— -1840): The Sailor's Consolation.

In numbers warmly pure and sweetly strong.

William Collins (1720-1756): Ode to Simplicity.

As dreadful as the Manichean god,

Adored through fear, strong only to destroy.

William Cowper (1731-1800): The Task. Book v. The Winter Morning Walk. Line 444.

Oh, fear not in a world like this,

And thou shalt know erelong,—

Know how sublime a thing it is

To suffer and be strong.

Henry W Longfellow (1807-1882): The Light of Stars.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Macbeth. Act iii. Sc. 2.

Thou slave, thou wretch, thou coward!

Thou little valiant, great in villany!

Thou ever strong upon the stronger side!

Thou Fortune's champion that dost never fight

But when her humorous ladyship is by

To teach thee safety.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): King John. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Labour itself is but a sorrowful song,

The protest of the weak against the strong.

Christopher P Cranch (1813-1892): The Sorrowful World.

Oh, could I flow like thee, and make thy stream

My great example, as it is my theme!

Though deep, yet clear; though gentle, yet not dull;

Strong without rage; without o'erflowing, full.

Sir John Denham (1615-1668): Cooper's Hill. Line 189.

The sky is changed,—and such a change! O night

And storm and darkness! ye are wondrous strong,

Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light

Of a dark eye in woman! Far along,

From peak to peak, the rattling crags among,

Leaps the live thunder.

Lord Byron 1788-1824: Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Canto iii. Stanza 92.