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SCARCE had the rofy morning rais'd her head Above the waves , and left her watery bed ; The pious chief whom double cares attend For his unbury'd foldiers , and his friend : Yet first to heaven perform'd a victor's vow : He bar'd an ...
SCARCE had the rofy morning rais'd her head Above the waves , and left her watery bed ; The pious chief whom double cares attend For his unbury'd foldiers , and his friend : Yet first to heaven perform'd a victor's vow : He bar'd an ...
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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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Go , friends , this message to your lord relate ; Tell him , that if I bear my bitter fate , And after Pallas ' death , live lingering on , ' Tis to behold his vengeance for my fon . Iftay for Turnus ; whofe devoted head Is owing to the ...
Go , friends , this message to your lord relate ; Tell him , that if I bear my bitter fate , And after Pallas ' death , live lingering on , ' Tis to behold his vengeance for my fon . Iftay for Turnus ; whofe devoted head Is owing to the ...
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... The wrath of heaven is hovering o`er his head . 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 wrath of heaven is hovering o`er his head . 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 ...
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The princes come , commanded by their head , And crowd the paths that to the palace lead . Supreme in power , and reverenc'd for his years , He takes the throne , and in the midst appears : Majeftically fad , he fits in ftate , And bids ...
The princes come , commanded by their head , And crowd the paths that to the palace lead . Supreme in power , and reverenc'd for his years , He takes the throne , and in the midst appears : Majeftically fad , he fits in ftate , And bids ...
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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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