The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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... Trojans mix'd with these appear , And mourning matrons with dishevel'd hair . Soon as the prince appears , they raise a cry ; All beat their breafts , and echoes rend the fky . They rear his drooping forehead from the ground ; But when ...
... Trojans mix'd with these appear , And mourning matrons with dishevel'd hair . Soon as the prince appears , they raise a cry ; All beat their breafts , and echoes rend the fky . They rear his drooping forehead from the ground ; But when ...
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... Trojan hero brought , Which with her hands Sidonian Dido wrought . One veft array'd the corpse , and one they spread O'er his clos'd eyes , and wrap'd around his head : That when the yellow hair in flame should fall , The catching fire ...
... Trojan hero brought , Which with her hands Sidonian Dido wrought . One veft array'd the corpse , and one they spread O'er his clos'd eyes , and wrap'd around his head : That when the yellow hair in flame should fall , The catching fire ...
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... Trojan and Arcadian horse , To Pallantean towers direct their course , In long proceffion rank'd ; the pious chief Stopp'd in the rear , and gave a vent to grief . The public care , he said , which war attends , Diverts our prefent woes ...
... Trojan and Arcadian horse , To Pallantean towers direct their course , In long proceffion rank'd ; the pious chief Stopp'd in the rear , and gave a vent to grief . The public care , he said , which war attends , Diverts our prefent woes ...
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... Trojans , now no longer foes , Mix'd in the woods , for funeral piles prepare , To fell the timber , and forget the war . Loud axes through the groaning groves refound : Oak , mountain - afh , and poplar , fpread the ground Firs fall ...
... Trojans , now no longer foes , Mix'd in the woods , for funeral piles prepare , To fell the timber , and forget the war . Loud axes through the groaning groves refound : Oak , mountain - afh , and poplar , fpread the ground Firs fall ...
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... Trojan friend upbraid , Nor grudge th ' alliance I fo gladly made . " Twas not his fault my Pallas fell so young , But my own crime for having liv'd too long . Yet , fince the gods had deftin'd him to die , At least he led the way to ...
... Trojan friend upbraid , Nor grudge th ' alliance I fo gladly made . " Twas not his fault my Pallas fell so young , But my own crime for having liv'd too long . Yet , fince the gods had deftin'd him to die , At least he led the way to ...
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