The Works of the English Poets, Volume 26H. Baldwin, 1779 - 261 pages |
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... shore ; Nature , and all her works , at once they fee , 260 Know when she first begun , and when her end shall be . And as the Siby once in Cuma's cell , When vulgar fates the proudly ceas'd to tell , The Roman deftiny diftinguish'd ...
... shore ; Nature , and all her works , at once they fee , 260 Know when she first begun , and when her end shall be . And as the Siby once in Cuma's cell , When vulgar fates the proudly ceas'd to tell , The Roman deftiny diftinguish'd ...
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... shore . Cut every cable then , and hafte away ; 605 } 1612 } 620 The waiting winds and feas upbraid our long delay . Low in the west the fetting fun was laid , Up rofe the night in glittering ftars array'd , And filver Cynthia cast a ...
... shore . Cut every cable then , and hafte away ; 605 } 1612 } 620 The waiting winds and feas upbraid our long delay . Low in the west the fetting fun was laid , Up rofe the night in glittering ftars array'd , And filver Cynthia cast a ...
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... shore . Attending breezes waft them to the land , And Cæfar's anchors bite Palæfte's ftrand . 655 660 In neighbouring camps the hoftile chiefs fit down , Where Genufus the fwift , and Apfus run ; Among th ' ignobler croud of rivers ...
... shore . Attending breezes waft them to the land , And Cæfar's anchors bite Palæfte's ftrand . 655 660 In neighbouring camps the hoftile chiefs fit down , Where Genufus the fwift , and Apfus run ; Among th ' ignobler croud of rivers ...
Page 228
... shore . There through the gloom , his fearching eyes explor'd , 725 Where to the mouldering rock a bark was moor'd . The mighty mafter of this little boat , Securely flept within a neighbouring cot : No maffy beams fupport his humble ...
... shore . There through the gloom , his fearching eyes explor'd , 725 Where to the mouldering rock a bark was moor'd . The mighty mafter of this little boat , Securely flept within a neighbouring cot : No maffy beams fupport his humble ...
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... shore behind . Swift flew the nimble keel ; and as they paft , Long trails of light the fhooting meteors caft ; Ev'n the fix'd fires above in motion feem , 790 795 } 800 805 Shake through the blast , and dart a quivering beam ; Black ...
... shore behind . Swift flew the nimble keel ; and as they paft , Long trails of light the fhooting meteors caft ; Ev'n the fix'd fires above in motion feem , 790 795 } 800 805 Shake through the blast , and dart a quivering beam ; Black ...
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