The Works of the English Poets, 36. köideH. Hughs, 1779 - 363 pages |
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... king's unjust ? - Prevent this evil , and your country save : Small thought retrieves the spirits of the brave . Think , and fubdue ! on daftards dead to fame I waste no anger , for they feel no shame : But you , the pride , the flower ...
... king's unjust ? - Prevent this evil , and your country save : Small thought retrieves the spirits of the brave . Think , and fubdue ! on daftards dead to fame I waste no anger , for they feel no shame : But you , the pride , the flower ...
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... king : On Greece no blame be thrown Arms are her trade , and war is all her own . Her hardy heroes from the well - fought plains , Nor fear withholds , nor fhameful floth detains .. * Amphimachus . ' Tis ' Tis Heaven , alas ! and Jove's ...
... king : On Greece no blame be thrown Arms are her trade , and war is all her own . Her hardy heroes from the well - fought plains , Nor fear withholds , nor fhameful floth detains .. * Amphimachus . ' Tis ' Tis Heaven , alas ! and Jove's ...
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... king returns . From thence , two javelins glittering in his hand , 315 And clad in arms that lighten'd all the strand , Fierce on the foe th ' impetuous hero drove ; Like lightning burfting from the arm of Jove , Which to pale man the ...
... king returns . From thence , two javelins glittering in his hand , 315 And clad in arms that lighten'd all the strand , Fierce on the foe th ' impetuous hero drove ; Like lightning burfting from the arm of Jove , Which to pale man the ...
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... King of Heaven with stern difdain , And breath'd revenge , and fir'd the Grecian train . Gods of one fource , of one ethereal race , Alike divine , and heaven their native place ; VOL . II . C 435 440 445 But But Jove the greater ...
... King of Heaven with stern difdain , And breath'd revenge , and fir'd the Grecian train . Gods of one fource , of one ethereal race , Alike divine , and heaven their native place ; VOL . II . C 435 440 445 But But Jove the greater ...
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... king consented , by his vaunts abus'd ; The king confented , but the Fates refus'd . Proud of himself , and of th ' imagin'd bride , The field he measur'd with a larger stride . Him , as he stalk'd , the Cretan javelin found ; Vain was ...
... king consented , by his vaunts abus'd ; The king confented , but the Fates refus'd . Proud of himself , and of th ' imagin'd bride , The field he measur'd with a larger stride . Him , as he stalk'd , the Cretan javelin found ; Vain was ...
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