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O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
-- New Testament -- 1 Corinthians xv, 55...
Ode to Turbulent Flow: Big whirls have little whirls Which feed on their velocity, And little whirls have lesser whirls And so on, to viscosity.
-- Lewis F. Richardso...
Odious! in woollen! 't would a saint provoke," Were the last words that poor Narcissa spoke.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Moral Essays, Epistle i, Line 246...
O Douglas, O Douglas! Tendir and trewe.
-- Sir Richard Holland -- The Buke of the Howlat, Stanza xxxi...
O Do you see them coming through fields of snow =`\&l
Oedipus was the first man to plug the generation gap.
O eloquent, just, and mightie Death! whom none could advise, thou hast perswaded
what none hath dared, thou hast done...
O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise...
O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love.
-- Thomas Gray (1716-1771) -- The Progress of Poesy, I, 3, Line 16...
O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death.
-- John Milton (1608-1674) -- Paradise Lost, Book ii, Line 620...

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