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Page 43
... Behold her fields unknowing of the plow ! Behold her palaces and towers laid low ! See where o'erthrown the maffy column lies , While weeds obfcene above the cornice rife . 45 50 Here gaping wide , half - ruin'd walls remain , There ...
... Behold her fields unknowing of the plow ! Behold her palaces and towers laid low ! See where o'erthrown the maffy column lies , While weeds obfcene above the cornice rife . 45 50 Here gaping wide , half - ruin'd walls remain , There ...
Page 58
... behold , an exil'd band we come ; For thee , with joy our banishment we take , 500 595 For thee our houfhold hearths and gods forfake ; Nor hope to fee our native city more , Till victory and thou the lofs reftore . Th ' unready faction ...
... behold , an exil'd band we come ; For thee , with joy our banishment we take , 500 595 For thee our houfhold hearths and gods forfake ; Nor hope to fee our native city more , Till victory and thou the lofs reftore . Th ' unready faction ...
Page 63
... 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.
... 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 82
... behold What certain ills the faithful gods foretold ; Juftice fufpends her course in mournful Rome , And all the noify courts at once are dumb ; No honours thine in the diftinguish'd weed , Nor rods the purple magiftrate precede : A ...
... behold What certain ills the faithful gods foretold ; Juftice fufpends her course in mournful Rome , And all the noify courts at once are dumb ; No honours thine in the diftinguish'd weed , Nor rods the purple magiftrate precede : A ...
Page 88
... behold , Whose moving tongue the mischief oft foretold ? Spite of his age and eloquence he bled ; The barbarous foldier fnatch'd his hoary head Dropping he bore it to his joyful lord , And while he feafted plac'd it on the board . The ...
... behold , Whose moving tongue the mischief oft foretold ? Spite of his age and eloquence he bled ; The barbarous foldier fnatch'd his hoary head Dropping he bore it to his joyful lord , And while he feafted plac'd it on the board . The ...
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