The Works of the English Poets, Volume 36H. Hughs, 1779 - 363 pages |
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... thou canst not singly , urge the rest . 300 Thus he ; and thus the God , whose force can make The folid globe's eternal basis shake : Ah ! never may he see his native land , But feed the vultures on this hateful strand , Who feeks ...
... thou canst not singly , urge the rest . 300 Thus he ; and thus the God , whose force can make The folid globe's eternal basis shake : Ah ! never may he see his native land , But feed the vultures on this hateful strand , Who feeks ...
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... thou bound , Or bleeds my friend by fome unhappy wound ? Inglorious here , my foul abhors to stay , And glows with profpects of th ' approaching day . O prince ! ( Meriones replies ) whofe care Leads forth th ' embattled fons of Crete ...
... thou bound , Or bleeds my friend by fome unhappy wound ? Inglorious here , my foul abhors to stay , And glows with profpects of th ' approaching day . O prince ! ( Meriones replies ) whofe care Leads forth th ' embattled fons of Crete ...
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... thou , great Father ! Lord of earth and skies , Above the thought of man ! fupremely wife ! If from thy hand the fates of mortals flow , From whence this favour to an impious foe , A godless crew , abandon'd and unjust , Still breathing ...
... thou , great Father ! Lord of earth and skies , Above the thought of man ! fupremely wife ! If from thy hand the fates of mortals flow , From whence this favour to an impious foe , A godless crew , abandon'd and unjust , Still breathing ...
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... thou seem'st averse to lend Impartial audience to a faithful friend ; To Gods and men thy matchlefs worth is known , And every art of glorious war thy own ; But in cool thought and counsel to excel , How widely differs this from warring ...
... thou seem'st averse to lend Impartial audience to a faithful friend ; To Gods and men thy matchlefs worth is known , And every art of glorious war thy own ; But in cool thought and counsel to excel , How widely differs this from warring ...
Page 35
... thou fall , And one devouring vengeance swallow all . 965 970 When Paris thus : My brother and my friend , 975 Thy warm impatience makes thy tongue offend . In other battles I deferv'd thy blame , Though then not deedlefs , nor unknown ...
... thou fall , And one devouring vengeance swallow all . 965 970 When Paris thus : My brother and my friend , 975 Thy warm impatience makes thy tongue offend . In other battles I deferv'd thy blame , Though then not deedlefs , nor unknown ...
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