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... Then on their fhoulders the fad burden rear . The body on this rural herfe is born , Strew'd leaves and funeral greens the bier adorn . 80 85 90 95 All All pale he lies , and looks a lovely flower 4 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL .
... Then on their fhoulders the fad burden rear . The body on this rural herfe is born , Strew'd leaves and funeral greens the bier adorn . 80 85 90 95 All All pale he lies , and looks a lovely flower 4 DRYDEN'S VIRGIL .
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Obteft his clemency , and from the plain Beg leave to draw the bodies of their flain . They plead , that none thofe common rites deny . To conquer'd foes , that in fair battle die . All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could ...
Obteft his clemency , and from the plain Beg leave to draw the bodies of their flain . They plead , that none thofe common rites deny . To conquer'd foes , that in fair battle die . All caufe of hate was ended in their death ; Nor could ...
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... whom his Fates befriend . This is the way , fo tell him , to poffefs The royal virgin , and reftore the peace . Bear this my message back ; with ample leave That your flain friends may funeral - rites receive .
... whom his Fates befriend . This is the way , fo tell him , to poffefs The royal virgin , and reftore the peace . Bear this my message back ; with ample leave That your flain friends may funeral - rites receive .
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... Think peace concluded , and the king your friend : Let Turnus leave the realm to your command : And feek alliance in fome other land : Build you the city which your Fates affign : We fhall be proud in the great work to join .
... Think peace concluded , and the king your friend : Let Turnus leave the realm to your command : And feek alliance in fome other land : Build you the city which your Fates affign : We fhall be proud in the great work to join .
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... and leaving me behind , To drink the dregs of life by fate affign'd . Beyond the goal of nature I have gone ; My Pallas late fet out , but reach'd too foon . If , from my league against th ' Aufonian ftate , weapons I had found my ...
... and leaving me behind , To drink the dregs of life by fate affign'd . Beyond the goal of nature I have gone ; My Pallas late fet out , but reach'd too foon . If , from my league against th ' Aufonian ftate , weapons I had found my ...
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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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