surpass

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Surpass the story, if you can; we shall bear you no grudge!

From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

Surpass not these, sweet love, for very shame, But let my tears, my vows, my sighs entreat; Then shall I say as by trial find; These all are hard, but you, my love, are kind.

From Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles Phillis - Licia by Crow, Martha Foote

Surpass the work of Vignola in the villas of Caprarola and Lante.

From Romance of Roman Villas (The Renaissance) by Champney, Elizabeth W. (Elizabeth Williams)

Surpass, ye higher men, the petty virtues, the petty policy, the sand-grain considerateness, the ant-hill trumpery, the pitiable comfortableness, the "happiness of the greatest number"—!

From Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

As eve's red skies Surpass the morning's rosy prophecies, Thy life to that proud boast its answer pays, Scorning thy faith and purpose to defend.

From Poems with Power to Strengthen the Soul by Mudge, James