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Talk not of sleep to me, the God of Rest Disdains to visit where disorder reigns; Not beds of down, nor music's softest strains, Can charm him when 'tis anarchy within.

From The Prince of Parthia A Tragedy by Moses, Montrose Jonas

But when the pale moon rises, She fain her face would hide; For the high Queen of sorrows Disdains her empty pride.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Bridges, Robert

And she, the cause of all my lengthen'd toils, Disdains my passion, though she boasts my spoils.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

Flattery exhausts itself: a man of parts Disdains to imitate.

From The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works by Carlyle, Thomas

For well I know thy gentle mind Disdains art’s gay disguising; Beyond what Fancy e’er refin’d, The voice of nature prizing.

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert