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Joy is no more : but I would gladly go , To greet my Pallas with fuch news below . The morn had now difpell'd the shades of night ; Reftoring toils , when she restor❜d the light : The Trojan king , and Tufcan chief , command To raise ...
Joy is no more : but I would gladly go , To greet my Pallas with fuch news below . The morn had now difpell'd the shades of night ; Reftoring toils , when she restor❜d the light : The Trojan king , and Tufcan chief , command To raise ...
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Permit not , mighty man , fo mean a crew Should share fuch triumphs ; and detain from you The poft of honour , your undoubted due : Rather alone your matchlefs force employ ; To merit , what alone you must enjoy .
Permit not , mighty man , fo mean a crew Should share fuch triumphs ; and detain from you The poft of honour , your undoubted due : Rather alone your matchlefs force employ ; To merit , what alone you must enjoy .
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Not fuch the Trojans try'd me , when , inclos'd , I fingly their united arms oppos'd : 605 610 First forc'd an entrance through their thick array ; 614 Then , glutted with their flaughter , freed my way . ' Tis a destructive war !
Not fuch the Trojans try'd me , when , inclos'd , I fingly their united arms oppos'd : 605 610 First forc'd an entrance through their thick array ; 614 Then , glutted with their flaughter , freed my way . ' Tis a destructive war !
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The Tufcan matrons with each other vy'd , To blefs their rival fons with fuch a bride : But the difdains their love ; to share with me The fylvan fhades , and vow'd virginity . And oh ! I wish , contented with my cares Of favage spoils ...
The Tufcan matrons with each other vy'd , To blefs their rival fons with fuch a bride : But the difdains their love ; to share with me The fylvan fhades , and vow'd virginity . And oh ! I wish , contented with my cares Of favage spoils ...
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11025 She fwings her axe , and rifes at the blow : Full on the helm behind , with fuch a sway The weapon falls , the riven steel gives way : He groans , he roars , he sues in vain for grace ; Brains , mingled with his blood , besmear ...
11025 She fwings her axe , and rifes at the blow : Full on the helm behind , with fuch a sway The weapon falls , the riven steel gives way : He groans , he roars , he sues in vain for grace ; Brains , mingled with his blood , besmear ...
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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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