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Page 45
... sword ; Peace fhall the world in friendly leagues compofe , And Janus ' dreadful gates for ever close . To me thy prefent godhead stands confeft , Oh let thy facred fury fire my breaft ! So thou vouchsafe to hear , let Phoebus dwell ...
... sword ; Peace fhall the world in friendly leagues compofe , And Janus ' dreadful gates for ever close . To me thy prefent godhead stands confeft , Oh let thy facred fury fire my breaft ! So thou vouchsafe to hear , let Phoebus dwell ...
Page 49
... sword . But this the fatal fifters doom deny'd ; The friends were fever'd , when the matron dy'd . The rival leaders mortal war proclaim , Rage fires their fouls with jealousy of fame , And emulation fans the rifing flame . Thee Pompey ...
... sword . But this the fatal fifters doom deny'd ; The friends were fever'd , when the matron dy'd . The rival leaders mortal war proclaim , Rage fires their fouls with jealousy of fame , And emulation fans the rifing flame . Thee Pompey ...
Page 56
... Swords with foul ruft indented deep they take , And useless fpears with points inverted shake . Soon as their crefts the Roman eagles rear'd , And Cæfar high above the rest appear'd ; Each trembling heart with fecret horror shook , And ...
... Swords with foul ruft indented deep they take , And useless fpears with points inverted shake . Soon as their crefts the Roman eagles rear'd , And Cæfar high above the rest appear'd ; Each trembling heart with fecret horror shook , And ...
Page 85
... sword : Yet to Minturnæ's marsh the victor fled , And hid in oozy flags his exil'd head . The faithless foil the hunted chief reliev'd , And fedgy waters fortune's pledge receiv'd . Deep in a dungeon plung'd at length he lay , Where ...
... sword : Yet to Minturnæ's marsh the victor fled , And hid in oozy flags his exil'd head . The faithless foil the hunted chief reliev'd , And fedgy waters fortune's pledge receiv'd . Deep in a dungeon plung'd at length he lay , Where ...
Page 109
... sword : Like him have fall'n a victim to the laws , The fame th ' avenger , and the fame the cause . But fince the gods do otherwife decree , And give thee , as my latest palm , to me ; Again my veins confefs the fervent juice , 835 ...
... sword : Like him have fall'n a victim to the laws , The fame th ' avenger , and the fame the cause . But fince the gods do otherwife decree , And give thee , as my latest palm , to me ; Again my veins confefs the fervent juice , 835 ...
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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