The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, 2. köideW. Plant Piercy, 1809 |
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Page 53
... fatal charms , Call forth th ' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms ; No fair Penelopes enchant the eye , For whom contending kings are proud to die : Here sullen beauty sheds a twilight ray , While sorrow bids her vernal bloom decay ...
... fatal charms , Call forth th ' avenging chiefs of Greece to arms ; No fair Penelopes enchant the eye , For whom contending kings are proud to die : Here sullen beauty sheds a twilight ray , While sorrow bids her vernal bloom decay ...
Page 57
... fatal wound , The ruin'd bulwark tottering o'er the strand , Bewail the stroke of war's tremendous hand . What scenes of woe this hapless isle o'erspread , Where late thrice fifty thousand warriors bled ! Full twice twelve summers were ...
... fatal wound , The ruin'd bulwark tottering o'er the strand , Bewail the stroke of war's tremendous hand . What scenes of woe this hapless isle o'erspread , Where late thrice fifty thousand warriors bled ! Full twice twelve summers were ...
Page 64
... fatal victim through : Th ' upturning points his wondrous bulk sustain ; On deck he struggles with convulsive pain : But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills , And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills , What radiant changes ...
... fatal victim through : Th ' upturning points his wondrous bulk sustain ; On deck he struggles with convulsive pain : But while his heart the fatal jav'lin thrills , And flitting life escapes in sanguine rills , What radiant changes ...
Page 67
... fatal as the lightning's course , Thro ' the torn main - sail bursts with thund'ring force ! While the rent canvass flutter'd in the wind , Still on the flank the stooping bark inclin'd . Bear up the helm a - weather ! Rodmond cries ...
... fatal as the lightning's course , Thro ' the torn main - sail bursts with thund'ring force ! While the rent canvass flutter'd in the wind , Still on the flank the stooping bark inclin'd . Bear up the helm a - weather ! Rodmond cries ...
Page 75
... fatal prelude to their own . In dark suspense on deck the pilots stand , Nor can determine on the next command : Tho ' still they knew the vessel's armed side Impenetrable to the clasping tide ; Tho ' still the waters , by no secret ...
... fatal prelude to their own . In dark suspense on deck the pilots stand , Nor can determine on the next command : Tho ' still they knew the vessel's armed side Impenetrable to the clasping tide ; Tho ' still the waters , by no secret ...
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