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Page 43
... thousands crowded in the noisy street , No found is heard of human voices now , But whistling winds through empty dwellings blow ; 60 While paffing strangers wonder , if they fpy One fingle While LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , BOOK I. 43 Wh ...
... thousands crowded in the noisy street , No found is heard of human voices now , But whistling winds through empty dwellings blow ; 60 While paffing strangers wonder , if they fpy One fingle While LUCAN'S PHARSALIA , BOOK I. 43 Wh ...
Page 47
... blow , That laid the queen of earth and ocean low ; To Rome herself for enemies the ' fought , And Rome herself her own deftruction wrought ; Rome , that ne'er knew three lordly heads before , First fell by fatal partnership of What ...
... blow , That laid the queen of earth and ocean low ; To Rome herself for enemies the ' fought , And Rome herself her own deftruction wrought ; Rome , that ne'er knew three lordly heads before , First fell by fatal partnership of What ...
Page 59
... blow . No triumph now attends thee at the gate ;. No temples for thy facred laurel wait : But blafting envy hangs upon thy name , 520 Denies thee right , and robs thee of thy fame ; Imputes as crimes , the nations overcome , And makes ...
... blow . No triumph now attends thee at the gate ;. No temples for thy facred laurel wait : But blafting envy hangs upon thy name , 520 Denies thee right , and robs thee of thy fame ; Imputes as crimes , the nations overcome , And makes ...
Page 76
... blow The gufhing veins no chearful crimson pour , But stain with poisonous black the facred floor . The paler prophet ftood with horror ftruck ; Then with a hafty hand the entrails took , And fought the angry gods again ; but there ...
... blow The gufhing veins no chearful crimson pour , But stain with poisonous black the facred floor . The paler prophet ftood with horror ftruck ; Then with a hafty hand the entrails took , And fought the angry gods again ; but there ...
Page 92
... blow . Satiety of death the victors prove , And flowly through th ' incumbering ruin move : So many fall , there fcarce is room for more , The dying nod on those who fell before ; Crouding in heaps their murderers they aid , And , by ...
... blow . Satiety of death the victors prove , And flowly through th ' incumbering ruin move : So many fall , there fcarce is room for more , The dying nod on those who fell before ; Crouding in heaps their murderers they aid , And , by ...
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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