The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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Page 51
... trembles , and heaven thunders loud , Darts the fwift lightning from the rending cloud ; Fierce through the day it breaks , and in its flight 290 The dreadful blaft confounds the gazer's fight ; Refiftlefs in its courfe delights to rove ...
... trembles , and heaven thunders loud , Darts the fwift lightning from the rending cloud ; Fierce through the day it breaks , and in its flight 290 The dreadful blaft confounds the gazer's fight ; Refiftlefs in its courfe delights to rove ...
Page 53
... Trembling and fad the matron form appear'd ; A towery crown her hoary temples bound , And her torn treffes rudely hung around : Her naked arms uplifted ere the spoke , Then groaning , thus the mournful filence broke . Presumptuous men ...
... Trembling and fad the matron form appear'd ; A towery crown her hoary temples bound , And her torn treffes rudely hung around : Her naked arms uplifted ere the spoke , Then groaning , thus the mournful filence broke . Presumptuous men ...
Page 56
... trembling heart with fecret horror shook , And filent thus within themselves they spoke . Oh , hapless city ! oh , ill - fated walls ! Rear'd for a cui fe fo near the neighbouring Gauls ! By us deftruction ever takes its way , We first ...
... trembling heart with fecret horror shook , And filent thus within themselves they spoke . Oh , hapless city ! oh , ill - fated walls ! Rear'd for a cui fe fo near the neighbouring Gauls ! By us deftruction ever takes its way , We first ...
Page 57
... tremble on the naked sprays ; Ev'n the rude feas compos'd forget to roar , And freezing billows ftiffen on the shore . The colder shades of night forfook the sky , When lo ! Bellona lifts her torch on high : And if the chief , by doubt ...
... tremble on the naked sprays ; Ev'n the rude feas compos'd forget to roar , And freezing billows ftiffen on the shore . The colder shades of night forfook the sky , When lo ! Bellona lifts her torch on high : And if the chief , by doubt ...
Page 61
... trembling judge beheld The peaceful court with armed legions fill'd ; When the bold foldier , juftice to defy , In the mid Forum rear'd his enfigns high ; bac When glittering fwords the pale assembly scar'd , When all for death and ...
... trembling judge beheld The peaceful court with armed legions fill'd ; When the bold foldier , juftice to defy , In the mid Forum rear'd his enfigns high ; bac When glittering fwords the pale assembly scar'd , When all for death and ...
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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