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Aneis erects a trophy of the spoils of Mezentius ; grants a truce for burying the dead ; and fends home the body of Pallas with great folemnity . Latius calls a council to propofe offers of peace to Æneas , which occafions great ...
Aneis erects a trophy of the spoils of Mezentius ; grants a truce for burying the dead ; and fends home the body of Pallas with great folemnity . Latius calls a council to propofe offers of peace to Æneas , which occafions great ...
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... in hopes of thy return , Rich odours on his loaded altars burn ; While with vain officious pomp , prepare To fend him back his portion of the war ; A bloody breathlefs body : which can owe No farther debt , but to the powers below .
... in hopes of thy return , Rich odours on his loaded altars burn ; While with vain officious pomp , prepare To fend him back his portion of the war ; A bloody breathlefs body : which can owe No farther debt , but to the powers below .
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Obteft his clemency , and from the plain Beg leave to draw the bodies of their flain . They plead , that none thofe common rites deny . To conquer'd foes , that in fair battle die . All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could ...
Obteft his clemency , and from the plain Beg leave to draw the bodies of their flain . They plead , that none thofe common rites deny . To conquer'd foes , that in fair battle die . All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could ...
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... on his bank appears : For that ' s as true as thy diffembled fears Of my revenge : difmifs that vanity , Thou , Drances , art below a death from me . 620 625 630 Let Let that vile foul in that vile body rest : 22 DRYDEN'S PO E M S .
... on his bank appears : For that ' s as true as thy diffembled fears Of my revenge : difmifs that vanity , Thou , Drances , art below a death from me . 620 625 630 Let Let that vile foul in that vile body rest : 22 DRYDEN'S PO E M S .
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Let that vile foul in that vile body rest : The lodging is well worthy of the guest . Now , royal father , to the prefent ftate Of our affairs , and of this high debate ; If in your arms thus early you decide , And think your fortune is ...
Let that vile foul in that vile body rest : The lodging is well worthy of the guest . Now , royal father , to the prefent ftate Of our affairs , and of this high debate ; If in your arms thus early you decide , And think your fortune is ...
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11 |
| Author | John Dryden |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, Charles Bathurst (Londres) |
| Publisher | J. Rivington, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 366 pages |
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