The Works of the English Poets, Volume 26H. Baldwin, 1779 - 261 pages |
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Page 205
... flames the burning city felt , At Veiæ Rome with her Camillus dwelt . Beneath forfaken roofs proud Cæfar reigns , Our vacant courts , and filent laws constrains ; While flaves obedient to his tyrant will , Outlaws , and profligates ...
... flames the burning city felt , At Veiæ Rome with her Camillus dwelt . Beneath forfaken roofs proud Cæfar reigns , Our vacant courts , and filent laws constrains ; While flaves obedient to his tyrant will , Outlaws , and profligates ...
Page 218
... flame , Secure , and fcornful of the danger , came . Nor was he wroth to fee the madness rife , And mark the vengeance threatening in their eyes ; With pleasure could he crown their curft defigns , With rapes of matrons , and the fpoils ...
... flame , Secure , and fcornful of the danger , came . Nor was he wroth to fee the madness rife , And mark the vengeance threatening in their eyes ; With pleasure could he crown their curft defigns , With rapes of matrons , and the fpoils ...
Page 223
... flame that cuts the skies , And fwifter than the vengeful tigrefs , flies Where waste and overgrown Apulia lies ; O'er - paffing foon the rude abandon'd plains , Brundufium's crooked fhores , and Cretan walls he gains . Loud Boreas ...
... flame that cuts the skies , And fwifter than the vengeful tigrefs , flies Where waste and overgrown Apulia lies ; O'er - paffing foon the rude abandon'd plains , Brundufium's crooked fhores , and Cretan walls he gains . Loud Boreas ...
Page 228
... flames arife . Oh happy poverty ! thou greatest good , Bestow'd by heaven , but feldom understood ! 745 Here nor the cruel spoiler feeks his prey , Nor ruthless armies take their dreadful way : Security thy narrow limits keeps , Safe ...
... flames arife . Oh happy poverty ! thou greatest good , Bestow'd by heaven , but feldom understood ! 745 Here nor the cruel spoiler feeks his prey , Nor ruthless armies take their dreadful way : Security thy narrow limits keeps , Safe ...
Page 249
... flames his fwelling eye - balls dart , And feem with anguifh from their feats to start ; Fires o'er his glowing cheeks and visage stray , And mark , in crimson streaks , their burning way ; Low droops his head , declining from its ...
... flames his fwelling eye - balls dart , And feem with anguifh from their feats to start ; Fires o'er his glowing cheeks and visage stray , And mark , in crimson streaks , their burning way ; Low droops his head , declining from its ...
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Ægypt Ægyptian arms behold beneath blood breaſt burning Cæfar caufe cauſe chief command courſe croud Dæmon daring death diftant doom dreadful earth eaſe Emathia's ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fame fands fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret fecure feek fhade fhall fhore fide field fierce fight firft firſt fix'd fkies flain flame flies flood foldier fome foon fortune foul ftands ftill ftream fuccefs fuch fudden fwelling fword gods hand head heaven Jove juft labours laft land laſt Latian loft Mede Meroë mighty mournful numbers o'er pain Parthian peace Pharfalia's Pharian PHARSALIA plain poiſon Pompey Pompey's Pothinus proud Ptolemy rage reft rife Roman Rome Rome's Scythian ſeen ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpoil ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtood ſword taſk tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand vanquish'd victor waſte Where-e'er whofe winds yield