The Works of the English Poets, 36. köideH. Hughs, 1779 - 363 pages |
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... prizes fame or breath , On endless infamy , on instant death , For lo ! the fated time , th ' appointed shore ; Hark ! the gates burft , the brazen barriers roar ! Impetuous Hector thunders at the wall ; The hour , the spot , to conquer ...
... prizes fame or breath , On endless infamy , on instant death , For lo ! the fated time , th ' appointed shore ; Hark ! the gates burft , the brazen barriers roar ! Impetuous Hector thunders at the wall ; The hour , the spot , to conquer ...
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... prize , When Ajax ' manly arm a javelin flung ; 255 Full on the shield's round bofs the weapon rung ; He felt the fhock , nor more was doom'd to feel , Secure in mail , and fheath'd in shining steel . Repulsed , he yields ; the victor ...
... prize , When Ajax ' manly arm a javelin flung ; 255 Full on the shield's round bofs the weapon rung ; He felt the fhock , nor more was doom'd to feel , Secure in mail , and fheath'd in shining steel . Repulsed , he yields ; the victor ...
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... prize of Neftor's youthful fon . Stabb'd at the fight , Deïphobus drew nigh , And made , with force , the vengeful weapon fly . The Cretan faw ; and , ftooping , caus'd to glance From his flope fhield , the difappointed lance . Beneath ...
... prize of Neftor's youthful fon . Stabb'd at the fight , Deïphobus drew nigh , And made , with force , the vengeful weapon fly . The Cretan faw ; and , ftooping , caus'd to glance From his flope fhield , the difappointed lance . Beneath ...
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... prize ; Valiant as Mars , Meriones drew near , 670 675 He drops the weight , disabled with the pain ; The hollow helmet rings against the plain . Swift as a vulture leaping on his prey , From his torn arm the Grecian rent away The ...
... prize ; Valiant as Mars , Meriones drew near , 670 675 He drops the weight , disabled with the pain ; The hollow helmet rings against the plain . Swift as a vulture leaping on his prey , From his torn arm the Grecian rent away The ...
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... prize . No more the troops ( our hoifted fails in view , Themfelves abandon'd ) fhall the fight purfue ; But thy fhips flying , with despair fhall fee ; And owe deftruction to a prince like thee . 1107 Thy Thy just reproofs ( Atrides ...
... prize . No more the troops ( our hoifted fails in view , Themfelves abandon'd ) fhall the fight purfue ; But thy fhips flying , with despair fhall fee ; And owe deftruction to a prince like thee . 1107 Thy Thy just reproofs ( Atrides ...
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