The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11H. Baldwin, 1779 |
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... Shall then no more , O Sire of Gods , be mine The rights and honours of a Power divine ? Scorn'd ev'n by man , and ( oh ! fevere difgrace ! ) 150 By foft Phæacians , my degenerate race ! Against yon deftin'd head in vain I swore , And ...
... Shall then no more , O Sire of Gods , be mine The rights and honours of a Power divine ? Scorn'd ev'n by man , and ( oh ! fevere difgrace ! ) 150 By foft Phæacians , my degenerate race ! Against yon deftin'd head in vain I swore , And ...
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... shall rife , 175 If fuch thy will . - We will it , Jove replies : Ev'n when , with transport blackening all the strand , The fwarming people hail their fhip to land , Fix her for ever , a memorial stone : 180 Still let her feem to fail ...
... shall rife , 175 If fuch thy will . - We will it , Jove replies : Ev'n when , with transport blackening all the strand , The fwarming people hail their fhip to land , Fix her for ever , a memorial stone : 180 Still let her feem to fail ...
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... shall Pallas aid thy just desires , And guard the wisdom which herself inspires . Others , long absent from their native place , Straight feek their home , and fly with eager pace To their wives ' arms , and children's dear embrace ...
... shall Pallas aid thy just desires , And guard the wisdom which herself inspires . Others , long absent from their native place , Straight feek their home , and fly with eager pace To their wives ' arms , and children's dear embrace ...
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... shall press the ground ! What human victims ftain the feastful floor ! How wide the pavements float with guilty gore ! It fits thee now to wear a dark disguise , And fecret walk unknown to mortal eyes . For this , my hand shall wither ...
... shall press the ground ! What human victims ftain the feastful floor ! How wide the pavements float with guilty gore ! It fits thee now to wear a dark disguise , And fecret walk unknown to mortal eyes . For this , my hand shall wither ...
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... shall tell . Me into other realms my cares convey , To Sparta , ftill with female beauty gay : For know , to Sparta thy lov'd offspring came , To learn thy fortunes from the voice of Fame . At this the father , with a father's care ...
... shall tell . Me into other realms my cares convey , To Sparta , ftill with female beauty gay : For know , to Sparta thy lov'd offspring came , To learn thy fortunes from the voice of Fame . At this the father , with a father's care ...
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againſt Alcinous Amphinomus Antinous arms Atrides beſtow blefs breaſt caft cauſe coaft Crete cries cry'd death defcends divine dome dreadful Dulichium Eumæus Euryclea Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid faithful fame fate feaſt fecret fervant fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fince fire firft firſt flain fleep foft fome forrow foul ftill ftranger ftrength fuch fuitors fure fwain Gods grace gueſt hafte hand heart Heaven hero himſelf hofpitable Homer houſe Iliad inftant Jove king Laertes laſt loft lord Medon Melanthius muſt native o'er Pallas peers Phemius plac'd pleafing pleaſe praiſe prefent prince Pylos queen rage raiſe reft rejoin'd replies reply'd reſt rife royal ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhore ſkies ſome ſpeak ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay tears Telemachus thee thefe Theoclymenus theſe thofe thoſe thou train tranſport Ulyffes vafe vengeance whofe whoſe woes wretch youth