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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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Let him , who lords it o'er th ' Aufonian land , Engage the Trojan hero hand to hand : His is the gain , our lot is but to serve : ' Tis juft , the sway he feeks , he should deserve . This Drances aggravates ; and adds , with spight ...
Let him , who lords it o'er th ' Aufonian land , Engage the Trojan hero hand to hand : His is the gain , our lot is but to serve : ' Tis juft , the sway he feeks , he should deserve . This Drances aggravates ; and adds , with spight ...
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A jarring murmur fill'd the factious court : As when a torrent rolls with rapid force , And dashes o'er the stones that stop the course ; The flood , constrain'd within a fcanty space , Roars horrible along th ' uneafy race : White foam ...
A jarring murmur fill'd the factious court : As when a torrent rolls with rapid force , And dashes o'er the stones that stop the course ; The flood , constrain'd within a fcanty space , Roars horrible along th ' uneafy race : White foam ...
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721 724 770 Now Turnus arms for fight : his back and breast , Well - temper'd fteel and scaly brass invest : The cuishes , which his brawny thighs infold , Are mingled metal damask'd o'er with gold . His faithful fauchion fits upon his ...
721 724 770 Now Turnus arms for fight : his back and breast , Well - temper'd fteel and scaly brass invest : The cuishes , which his brawny thighs infold , Are mingled metal damask'd o'er with gold . His faithful fauchion fits upon his ...
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High o'er the vale a steepy mountain ftands : Whence the furveying fight the nether ground commands . The top is level : an offenfive feat 795 Of war ; and from the war a fafe retreat . For , on the right and left , is room to prefs The ...
High o'er the vale a steepy mountain ftands : Whence the furveying fight the nether ground commands . The top is level : an offenfive feat 795 Of war ; and from the war a fafe retreat . For , on the right and left , is room to prefs The ...
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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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