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Written in praise of Theron , prince of Agrigentum ( a famous city in Sicily , built by his ancestors ) who , in the seventy - seventh Olympic , won the chariot - prize . He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is ...
Written in praise of Theron , prince of Agrigentum ( a famous city in Sicily , built by his ancestors ) who , in the seventy - seventh Olympic , won the chariot - prize . He is commended from the nobility of his race ( whose story is ...
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Think , stubborn Man , think of th'Egyptian Prince ( Hard of belief and will , but not so hard as thou ) ; Think with what dreadful proofs God did convince The feeble arguments that human power could show ; Think what plagues attend on ...
Think , stubborn Man , think of th'Egyptian Prince ( Hard of belief and will , but not so hard as thou ) ; Think with what dreadful proofs God did convince The feeble arguments that human power could show ; Think what plagues attend on ...
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... some on flowery food ; And Accaron , the airy prince , led on this various hoft . Houses fecure not men , the populous ill Did all the houses fill : The country all around Did with the cries of tortur'd The 3 THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT .
... some on flowery food ; And Accaron , the airy prince , led on this various hoft . Houses fecure not men , the populous ill Did all the houses fill : The country all around Did with the cries of tortur'd The 3 THE PLAGUES OF EGYPT .
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When lo ! from the high countries of refined day , The golden heaven without allayWhofe drofs , in the creation purg'd'away , Made up the sun's adulterate rayMichael , the warlike prince , does downwards fly , Swift as the journies of ...
When lo ! from the high countries of refined day , The golden heaven without allayWhofe drofs , in the creation purg'd'away , Made up the sun's adulterate rayMichael , the warlike prince , does downwards fly , Swift as the journies of ...
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“ Poor prince ! whom madmen , priests , and boys , invade ; " By thine own flesh , thy ungrateful fon , betray'd ! “ Unnatural fool ! who can thus cheated be “ By friendship's name , against a crown and thee !
“ Poor prince ! whom madmen , priests , and boys , invade ; " By thine own flesh , thy ungrateful fon , betray'd ! “ Unnatural fool ! who can thus cheated be “ By friendship's name , against a crown and thee !
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| Title | The Works of the English Poets, Volume 1 |
| Author | Abraham Cowley |
| Editors | Samuel Johnson, C. Bathrust (Londres) |
| Publisher | H. Hughs, 1779 |
| Original from | the Complutense University of Madrid |
| Digitized | 3 Aug 2009 |
| Length | 407 pages |
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