"Aidance" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... mind lacking of liberal mood That to thy prayer both gifts be not in plenty supplied: Willingly both had I sent, had I the needed supply. 40 Nor can I (Goddesses!) hide in what things Allius sent me Aid, forbear to declare what was the aidance he deigned: Neither shall fugitive Time from centuries ever oblivious Veil in the blinds of night friendship he lavisht on me. But will I say unto you what you shall say to the many 45 Thousands in turn, and make paper, old crone, to proclaim * * * * And in his death become ...
— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus
... our Province faces heavy odds: Of regulars but fifteen hundred men To guard a frontier of a thousand miles; Of volunteers what aidance we can draw From seventy thousand widely scattered souls. A meagre showing 'gainst the enemy's If numbers be the test. But odds lie not In numbers only, but in spirit too— Witness the might of England's little isle! ...
— Tecumseh: A Drama • Charles Mair |
