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Fear is no more : for fierce Mezentius lies , As the firf fruits of war , a facrifice . Turnus fhall stand extended on the pain ; And in this omen is already slain . Prepar'd in arms , purfue your happy chance : That none unwarn'd ...
Fear is no more : for fierce Mezentius lies , As the firf fruits of war , a facrifice . Turnus fhall stand extended on the pain ; And in this omen is already slain . Prepar'd in arms , purfue your happy chance : That none unwarn'd ...
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Such truths , O king , faid he , your words contain , As ftrike the fenfe , and all replies are vain : Nor are your loyal subjects now to seek What common needs require ; but fear to speak , Let him give leave of speech , that haughty ...
Such truths , O king , faid he , your words contain , As ftrike the fenfe , and all replies are vain : Nor are your loyal subjects now to seek What common needs require ; but fear to speak , Let him give leave of speech , that haughty ...
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For this maligner of the general good , If ftill we fear his force , he must be woo'd : His haughty godhead we with prayers implore , Your fceptre to release , and our just rights restore . O curfed caufe of all our ills , muft we Wage ...
For this maligner of the general good , If ftill we fear his force , he must be woo'd : His haughty godhead we with prayers implore , Your fceptre to release , and our just rights restore . O curfed caufe of all our ills , muft we Wage ...
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Mean time proceed to fill the people's ears With falfe reports , their minds with panick fears : Extol the strength of a twice - conquer'd race , Our foes encourage , and our friends debase .
Mean time proceed to fill the people's ears With falfe reports , their minds with panick fears : Extol the strength of a twice - conquer'd race , Our foes encourage , and our friends debase .
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Prepar'd to plunge into the ftream , he fears : Not for himfelf , but for the charge he bears . Anxious he ftops a while ; and thinks in hafte ; Then , defperate in diftrefs , refolves at laft . A knotty lance of well - boil'd oak he ...
Prepar'd to plunge into the ftream , he fears : Not for himfelf , but for the charge he bears . Anxious he ftops a while ; and thinks in hafte ; Then , defperate in diftrefs , refolves at laft . A knotty lance of well - boil'd oak he ...
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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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