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One veft array'd the corpfe , 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 might burn the golden caul . Befides , the spoils of foes in battle ...
One veft array'd the corpfe , 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 might burn the golden caul . Befides , the spoils of foes in battle ...
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Thrice horfe and foot about the fires are led , And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead . ... lances gather'd from the plain , 3013 Whole herds of offer'd bulls about the fire , And bristled boars , and woolly fheep expire .
Thrice horfe and foot about the fires are led , And thrice with loud laments they hail the dead . ... lances gather'd from the plain , 3013 Whole herds of offer'd bulls about the fire , And bristled boars , and woolly fheep expire .
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Trojans and Latians vie with like defires To make the field of battle fhine with fires ; And the promiscuous blaze to heaven afpires . Now had the morning thrice renew'd the light , And thrice difpell'd the fhadows of the night ...
Trojans and Latians vie with like defires To make the field of battle fhine with fires ; And the promiscuous blaze to heaven afpires . Now had the morning thrice renew'd the light , And thrice difpell'd the fhadows of the night ...
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Yes , if defire of fame , and thirft of power , A beauteous princess , with a crown in dower , So fire your mind , in arms affert your right ; And meet your foe , who dares you to the fight . Mankind , it feems , is made for you alone ...
Yes , if defire of fame , and thirft of power , A beauteous princess , with a crown in dower , So fire your mind , in arms affert your right ; And meet your foe , who dares you to the fight . Mankind , it feems , is made for you alone ...
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... If our confederates can afford us more ; If the contended field we bravely fought : And not a bloodless victory was bought : Their loffes equal'd ours ; and for their flain , With equal fires they fill'd the fhining plain ; Why thus ...
... If our confederates can afford us more ; If the contended field we bravely fought : And not a bloodless victory was bought : Their loffes equal'd ours ; and for their flain , With equal fires they fill'd the fhining plain ; Why thus ...
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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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