The Works of the English Poets, Volume 26H. Baldwin, 1779 - 261 pages |
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Page 207
... flies , where long the god In filence had poffefs'd his close abode ; His oracles had long been known to cease , And the prophetic virgin liv'd in peace . Between the ruddy west and eastern skies , In the mid - earth Parnaffus ' tops ...
... flies , where long the god In filence had poffefs'd his close abode ; His oracles had long been known to cease , And the prophetic virgin liv'd in peace . Between the ruddy west and eastern skies , In the mid - earth Parnaffus ' tops ...
Page 210
... flies , And thus to turn the Roman's purpose tries : What curious hopes thy wandering fancy move , The filent Delphic oracle to prove ? In vain , Aufonian Appius , art thou come ; Long has our Phoebus and his cave been dumb . Whether ...
... flies , And thus to turn the Roman's purpose tries : What curious hopes thy wandering fancy move , The filent Delphic oracle to prove ? In vain , Aufonian Appius , art thou come ; Long has our Phoebus and his cave been dumb . Whether ...
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... flies ; Her bristling locks the wreathy fillet scorn , And her fierce feet the tumbling Tripods fpurn . Now wild fhe dances o'er the vacant fane , 240 And whirls her giddy head , and bellows with the pain . Nor yet the lefs th ...
... flies ; Her bristling locks the wreathy fillet scorn , And her fierce feet the tumbling Tripods fpurn . Now wild fhe dances o'er the vacant fane , 240 And whirls her giddy head , and bellows with the pain . Nor yet the lefs th ...
Page 213
... fly , There find repofe , and unmolested lye . She faid ; the god her labouring tongue fuppreft , And in eternal darkness veil'd the rest . Ye facred Tripods , on whofe doom we wait ! Ye guardians of the future laws of fate ! And thou ...
... fly , There find repofe , and unmolested lye . She faid ; the god her labouring tongue fuppreft , And in eternal darkness veil'd the rest . Ye facred Tripods , on whofe doom we wait ! Ye guardians of the future laws of fate ! And thou ...
Page 214
... flies . Mean - while , fond Appius , erring in his fate , Dream'd of long safety , and a neutral state ; And , ere the great event of war was known , Fix'd on Euboean Chalcis for his own . 320 Fool ! to believe that power could ward the ...
... flies . Mean - while , fond Appius , erring in his fate , Dream'd of long safety , and a neutral state ; And , ere the great event of war was known , Fix'd on Euboean Chalcis for his own . 320 Fool ! to believe that power could ward the ...
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