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Rushing from out the gate , the people stand , Each with a funeral flambeau in his hand : Wildly they ftare , distracted with amaze : The fields are lighten'd with a fiery blaze , That caft a fullen fplendor on their friends .
Rushing from out the gate , the people stand , Each with a funeral flambeau in his hand : Wildly they ftare , distracted with amaze : The fields are lighten'd with a fiery blaze , That caft a fullen fplendor on their friends .
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O curft effay of arms , difaftrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields , and fights to come ! Hard elements of inaufpicious war , Vain vows to heaven , and unavailing care ! Thrice happy thou , dear partner of my bed , Whofe holy foul the ...
O curft effay of arms , difaftrous doom , Prelude of bloody fields , and fights to come ! Hard elements of inaufpicious war , Vain vows to heaven , and unavailing care ! Thrice happy thou , dear partner of my bed , Whofe holy foul the ...
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The conquer'd Latians , with like pious care , Piles without number for their dead prepare ; Part , in the places where they fell , are laid ; And part are to the neighbouring fields convey'd . The corpse of kings , and captains of ...
The conquer'd Latians , with like pious care , Piles without number for their dead prepare ; Part , in the places where they fell , are laid ; And part are to the neighbouring fields convey'd . The corpse of kings , and captains of ...
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The gods , he saw , efpous'd the juster side , When late their titles in the field were try'd : 360 } 345 350 355 Thus , full of anxious thought , he fummons all The Latian senate to the council - hall : The The princes come , commanded ...
The gods , he saw , efpous'd the juster side , When late their titles in the field were try'd : 360 } 345 350 355 Thus , full of anxious thought , he fummons all The Latian senate to the council - hall : The The princes come , commanded ...
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... and the fiege delay'd , Were due to Hector's and this hero's hand ; Both brave alike , and equal in command : Æneas not inferior in the field , In pious reverence to the gods excell'd . Make peace , ye Latians , and avoid with care ...
... and the fiege delay'd , Were due to Hector's and this hero's hand ; Both brave alike , and equal in command : Æneas not inferior in the field , In pious reverence to the gods excell'd . Make peace , ye Latians , and avoid with care ...
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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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