English Poetry of the Eighteenth CenturyCecil Albert Moore H. Holt and Company, 1935 - 942 pages |
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Page 42
... foes succeed ; Those he supports , these drives to sudden flight , And turns the various fortune of the fight . Forbear , great man , renown'd in arms , forbear To brave the thickest terrors of the war , Nor hazard thus , confus'd in ...
... foes succeed ; Those he supports , these drives to sudden flight , And turns the various fortune of the fight . Forbear , great man , renown'd in arms , forbear To brave the thickest terrors of the war , Nor hazard thus , confus'd in ...
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... foe . Greatly distress'd ! thy loud complaints forbear , Blame not the turns of fate , and chance of war ; Give thy brave foes their due , nor blush to own The fatal field by such great leaders won , The field whence fam'd Eugenio bore ...
... foe . Greatly distress'd ! thy loud complaints forbear , Blame not the turns of fate , and chance of war ; Give thy brave foes their due , nor blush to own The fatal field by such great leaders won , The field whence fam'd Eugenio bore ...
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... foe the stronger cause ; A shame to one so much ador'd For wisdom at Jove's council - board . Besides , she fear'd the ... foes ; And yet I scorn to interpose , 300 250 But , using neither skill nor force , Leave all things to their ...
... foe the stronger cause ; A shame to one so much ador'd For wisdom at Jove's council - board . Besides , she fear'd the ... foes ; And yet I scorn to interpose , 300 250 But , using neither skill nor force , Leave all things to their ...
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MATTHEW PRIOR | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
The Female Phaeton | 15 |
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