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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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Loud axes through the groaning groves refound : 205 Oak , mountain - afh , and poplar , spread the ground : Firs fall from high : and fome the trunks receive , In loaden wains , with wedges fome they cleave .
Loud axes through the groaning groves refound : 205 Oak , mountain - afh , and poplar , spread the ground : Firs fall from high : and fome the trunks receive , In loaden wains , with wedges fome they cleave .
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... and face : Receive their foes , and raise a threatening cry . The Tufcans take their turn to fear and fly . So fwelling furges , with a thundering roar , Driven on each other's backs , infult.the fhore ; 910 -915 930 Bound 935 Bound ...
... and face : Receive their foes , and raise a threatening cry . The Tufcans take their turn to fear and fly . So fwelling furges , with a thundering roar , Driven on each other's backs , infult.the fhore ; 910 -915 930 Bound 935 Bound ...
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Bear my last words to Turnus , fly with speed , And bid him timely to my charge fucceed : Repel the Trojans , and the town relieve : Farewell ; and in this kifs my parting breath receive . She faid ; and fliding funk upon the plain ...
Bear my last words to Turnus , fly with speed , And bid him timely to my charge fucceed : Repel the Trojans , and the town relieve : Farewell ; and in this kifs my parting breath receive . She faid ; and fliding funk upon the plain ...
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Is death fo hard to bear ? ye gods below , ( Since thofe above fo fmall compassion fhow , ) Receive a foul unfully'd yet with shame , Which not belies my great forefathers ' name . He said : and while he spoke , with flying speed ...
Is death fo hard to bear ? ye gods below , ( Since thofe above fo fmall compassion fhow , ) Receive a foul unfully'd yet with shame , Which not belies my great forefathers ' name . He said : and while he spoke , with flying speed ...
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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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