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Thus , weeping while he fpoke , he took his way , Where , now in death , lamented Pallas lay : Accetes watch'd the corpfe ; whose youth deferv'd 45 The father's truft , and now the fon he ferv'd With equal faith , but lefs aufpicious ...
Thus , weeping while he fpoke , he took his way , Where , now in death , lamented Pallas lay : Accetes watch'd the corpfe ; whose youth deferv'd 45 The father's truft , and now the fon he ferv'd With equal faith , but lefs aufpicious ...
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And yet , unhappy Sire , thou shalt not fee A fon , whofe death difgrac'd his ancestry ; Thou shalt not blush , old man , however griev'd : Thy Pallas no difhoneft wound receiv'd . He dy'd no death to make thee with , too late ...
And yet , unhappy Sire , thou shalt not fee A fon , whofe death difgrac'd his ancestry ; Thou shalt not blush , old man , however griev'd : Thy Pallas no difhoneft wound receiv'd . He dy'd no death to make thee with , too late ...
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All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could he war with bodies void of breath . A king , they hop'd , would hear a king's request : Whofe fon he once was call'd , and once his guest . 1:50 155 Their fuit , which was too just ...
All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could he war with bodies void of breath . A king , they hop'd , would hear a king's request : Whofe fon he once was call'd , and once his guest . 1:50 155 Their fuit , which was too just ...
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Yet , fince the gods had destin'd him to die , At least he led the way to victory : Firft for his friends he won the fatal fhore , And fent whole herds of flaughter'd foes before : A death too great , too glorious to deplore .
Yet , fince the gods had destin'd him to die , At least he led the way to victory : Firft for his friends he won the fatal fhore , And fent whole herds of flaughter'd foes before : A death too great , too glorious to deplore .
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405 Omitting those who were in battle flain , Or borne by rolling Simois to the main : Not one but fuffer'd , and too dearly bought The prize of honour which in arms he fought , Some doom'd to death , and fome in exile driven ...
405 Omitting those who were in battle flain , Or borne by rolling Simois to the main : Not one but fuffer'd , and too dearly bought The prize of honour which in arms he fought , Some doom'd to death , and fome in exile driven ...
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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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