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Page 42
... shore , What crowns , what empires , might that blood havegain'd , With which Emathia's fatal fields were ftain'd ! Where Seres in their filken woods refide , Where swift Araxes rolls his rapid tide : Where - e'er ( if fuch a nation can ...
... shore , What crowns , what empires , might that blood havegain'd , With which Emathia's fatal fields were ftain'd ! Where Seres in their filken woods refide , Where swift Araxes rolls his rapid tide : Where - e'er ( if fuch a nation can ...
Page 57
... shore . The colder shades of night forfook the sky , When lo ! Bellona lifts her torch on high : And if the chief , by doubt or shame detain'd , Awhile from battle and from blood abftain'd ; Fortune and fate , impatient of delay , Force ...
... shore . The colder shades of night forfook the sky , When lo ! Bellona lifts her torch on high : And if the chief , by doubt or shame detain'd , Awhile from battle and from blood abftain'd ; Fortune and fate , impatient of delay , Force ...
Page 63
... And tread the Syrt's inhospitable shore . Behold ! this hand , to nobler labours train'd , For thee the fervile oar has not difdain'd , 655 660 665 For For thee the fwelling feas were taught to plow , LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , Book I. 63.
... And tread the Syrt's inhospitable shore . Behold ! this hand , to nobler labours train'd , For thee the fervile oar has not difdain'd , 655 660 665 For For thee the fwelling feas were taught to plow , LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , Book I. 63.
Page 80
... shore ; I faw Philippi's fatal fields before . She faid ; the weary rage began to cease , And left the fainting prophetefs in peace . 11554 1160 bal LUCAN'S LUCAN'S PHARSALIA . BOOK II . THE ARGUMENT . Amidft 80 ROWE'S POEM SADNE.
... shore ; I faw Philippi's fatal fields before . She faid ; the weary rage began to cease , And left the fainting prophetefs in peace . 11554 1160 bal LUCAN'S LUCAN'S PHARSALIA . BOOK II . THE ARGUMENT . Amidft 80 ROWE'S POEM SADNE.
Page 91
... shore the fhipwreckt corfe is borne , By rending rocks and greedy monsters torn . Mistaken rage ! thus mangling to difgrace , And blot the lines of Marius ' hated face ! What joy can Sylla take , unless he know And mark the features of ...
... shore the fhipwreckt corfe is borne , By rending rocks and greedy monsters torn . Mistaken rage ! thus mangling to difgrace , And blot the lines of Marius ' hated face ! What joy can Sylla take , unless he know And mark the features of ...
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Æneid againſt amidſt arms Behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar camp caufe cauſe chief cloſe command courſe croud Dæmon death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fkies flain flames flaughter fled flood foldier fome foon forfook fortune foul ftand ftill ftream ftrong fuccefs fuch fure fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious labours laft laſt Latian lefs length loft looſe Lucan mighty moſt Nero numbers o'er paffage paſt peace Pharfalia Phocis plain Pompey Pompey's purpoſe rage reft rife rofe Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood Sulpitius Verulanus ſupplies ſwift taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling vaft vanquish'd Virgil whofe winds yield