The Works of the English Poets, 1. köideH. Hughs, 1779 - 407 pages |
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... blood nought could restrain , ' Twas ripe at firft , and did disdain The flow advance of dull humanity . The big - limb'd babe in his huge cradle lay , Too weighty to be rock'd by nurse's hands , Wrapt in purple fwadling - bands ; When ...
... blood nought could restrain , ' Twas ripe at firft , and did disdain The flow advance of dull humanity . The big - limb'd babe in his huge cradle lay , Too weighty to be rock'd by nurse's hands , Wrapt in purple fwadling - bands ; When ...
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... blood , and fiery breath , and poisonous foul , he fqueezes out ! With their drawn fwords In ran Amphitryo and the Theban lords ; With doubting wonder , and with troubled joy , They faw the conquering boy Laugh , and point downwards to ...
... blood , and fiery breath , and poisonous foul , he fqueezes out ! With their drawn fwords In ran Amphitryo and the Theban lords ; With doubting wonder , and with troubled joy , They faw the conquering boy Laugh , and point downwards to ...
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... blood ; What mercy could the tyrant's life deferve , From him who kill'd himself , rather than ferve ? Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are fo far from understood , We count them Vice : alas ! our fight ' s fo ill , That things which ...
... blood ; What mercy could the tyrant's life deferve , From him who kill'd himself , rather than ferve ? Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are fo far from understood , We count them Vice : alas ! our fight ' s fo ill , That things which ...
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... blood ! How will the fcarlet - glutton be o'ergorged with his And devour all the mighty feast ! [ food , Nothing foon but bones will reft .. God does a folemn facrifice prepare ; But E 2 But not of oxen , nor of rams , Not [ 5 ]
... blood ! How will the fcarlet - glutton be o'ergorged with his And devour all the mighty feast ! [ food , Nothing foon but bones will reft .. God does a folemn facrifice prepare ; But E 2 But not of oxen , nor of rams , Not [ 5 ]
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... blood to fpare , The beafts fo long have facrificed been ; Since men their birth - right forfeit still by sin ; ' Tis fit at last beafts their revenge should have , And facrificed men their better brethren fave . So will they fall , fo ...
... blood to fpare , The beafts fo long have facrificed been ; Since men their birth - right forfeit still by sin ; ' Tis fit at last beafts their revenge should have , And facrificed men their better brethren fave . So will they fall , fo ...
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