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... Rome's exalted beauties I defcry Magnificent in piles of ruin lie . An amphitheatre's amazing height Here fills.my eye with terror and delight , That on its public fhows unpeopled Rome , And held uncrowded nations in its womb : Here ...
... Rome's exalted beauties I defcry Magnificent in piles of ruin lie . An amphitheatre's amazing height Here fills.my eye with terror and delight , That on its public fhows unpeopled Rome , And held uncrowded nations in its womb : Here ...
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... Rome ( Divinely flufht with an immortal bloom That Cytherea's fragrant breath bestow'd ) In all the charms of his bright mother glow'd . The royal youth by Marlborough's prefence charm'd , Taught by his counfels , by his actions warm'd ...
... Rome ( Divinely flufht with an immortal bloom That Cytherea's fragrant breath bestow'd ) In all the charms of his bright mother glow'd . The royal youth by Marlborough's prefence charm'd , Taught by his counfels , by his actions warm'd ...
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... Rome's great founder trod , When in a whirlwind fnatch'd on high , He shook off dull mortality , And loft the monarch in the god . Bright Juno then her awful filence broke , And thus th ' affembled deities bespoke . Troy , fays the ...
... Rome's great founder trod , When in a whirlwind fnatch'd on high , He shook off dull mortality , And loft the monarch in the god . Bright Juno then her awful filence broke , And thus th ' affembled deities bespoke . Troy , fays the ...
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... Rome from Troy disjoin'd , Remov'd by feas , from the difaftrous shore , May endless billows rife between , and storms unnumber'd roar . Still let the curft detested place Where Priam lies , and Priam's faithlefs race , Be cover'd o'er ...
... Rome from Troy disjoin'd , Remov'd by feas , from the difaftrous shore , May endless billows rife between , and storms unnumber'd roar . Still let the curft detested place Where Priam lies , and Priam's faithlefs race , Be cover'd o'er ...
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... Rome and the Roman capitol fhall rife ; Th ' illuftrious exiles unconfin'd Shall triumph far and near , and rule mankind . In vain the fea's intruding tide Europe from Afric shall divide , And part the fever'd world in two : Through ...
... Rome and the Roman capitol fhall rife ; Th ' illuftrious exiles unconfin'd Shall triumph far and near , and rule mankind . In vain the fea's intruding tide Europe from Afric shall divide , And part the fever'd world in two : Through ...
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Aëre æther arms aſk atque behold beſt blood bluſhes breaſt bright Cadmus Cæfar caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms courſe CYCNUS death DECIUS defcription eaſe Ev'n eyes faid fame fate father fays fecret fenate fhall fhining fight fire firſt fome forrows foul friends ftand ftill ftory ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fword Georgic goddeſs gods grief heart heaven himſelf itſelf Jove JUBA laft laſt loft LUCIA LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty moſt muſt myſelf numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure Poet Portius praiſe prince purſue rage raiſe reft reſt rife rifu riſe Roman Rome SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhould ſhow ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſtreams Syphax tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thoughts thouſand thunder verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin virtue waſte Whilft youth САТО
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Page 225 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 329 - Here will I hold. If there's a Power above us, — And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works, — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 330 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 45 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Page 153 - Who now appear'd but one continu'd wound. With dropping tears his bitter fate he moans, And fills the mountain with his dying groans. His servants with a piteous look he spies, And turns about his supplicating eyes.
Page 35 - Through pathless fields, and unfrequented floods, To dens of dragons and enchanted woods. But now the mystic tale, that pleased of yore, Can charm an understanding age no more; The long-spun allegories fulsome grow, While the dull moral lies too plain below.
Page 100 - Not the red arm of angry Jove, That flings the thunder from the sky, And gives it rage to roar, and strength to fly. Should the whole frame of nature round him break, In ruin, and confusion hurl'd, He, unconcern'd would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure, amidst a falling world.
Page 210 - Virgil seems no where so well pleased, as when he is got among his Bees in the Fourth Georgic; and ennobles the actions of so trivial a creature, with metaphors drawn from the most important concerns of mankind. His verses...
Page 249 - ... storms of fate, And greatly falling with a falling state. While Cato gives his little senate laws...
Page 278 - Rome will rejoice, and cast its eyes on Cato, As on the second of mankind. CATO. No more! I must not think of life on such conditions. DEC. Caesar is well acquainted with your virtues, And therefore sets this value on your life: Let him but know the price of Cato's friendship, And name your terms.