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This essay is but to try how it will look in an English habit : for which experiment , I have chofen one of his Olympic , and another of his Nemæan . Odes ; which are as followeth . THE [ 7 ] THE SECOND OLYMPICODE OF PINDAR .
This essay is but to try how it will look in an English habit : for which experiment , I have chofen one of his Olympic , and another of his Nemæan . Odes ; which are as followeth . THE [ 7 ] THE SECOND OLYMPICODE OF PINDAR .
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Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are so far from understood , We count them Vice : alas ! our fight ' s so ill , That things which swiftest move seem to stand still : We look not upon Virtue in her height , On her fupreme idea , brave ...
Th ' heroic exaltations of Good Are so far from understood , We count them Vice : alas ! our fight ' s so ill , That things which swiftest move seem to stand still : We look not upon Virtue in her height , On her fupreme idea , brave ...
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... Upwards he cast his threatening head : He gap'd and hiss'd aloud , With flaming eyes survey'd the trembling crowd , And , like a basilisk , almost look'd th ' affembly dead ; Swift fled th ' amazed king , the guards before him fled ...
... Upwards he cast his threatening head : He gap'd and hiss'd aloud , With flaming eyes survey'd the trembling crowd , And , like a basilisk , almost look'd th ' affembly dead ; Swift fled th ' amazed king , the guards before him fled ...
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Warm ashes from the furnace Mofes took ; The forcerers did with wonder on him look , And smil'd at th ' unaccustom'd spell , Which no Egyptian rituals tell : He Alings the pregnant alhes through the air , And speaks a mighty prayer ;.
Warm ashes from the furnace Mofes took ; The forcerers did with wonder on him look , And smil'd at th ' unaccustom'd spell , Which no Egyptian rituals tell : He Alings the pregnant alhes through the air , And speaks a mighty prayer ;.
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On a tall pyramid's pointed head he stopp'd at last , And a mild look of sacred pity cast Down : Down on the sinful land where he was sent , 64 COW LEY'S POEMS.
On a tall pyramid's pointed head he stopp'd at last , And a mild look of sacred pity cast Down : Down on the sinful land where he was sent , 64 COW LEY'S POEMS.
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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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