The Works of the English Poets, Volume 11H. Baldwin, 1779 |
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... bold , His ready tale th ' inventive hero told : Oft have I heard in Crete this island's name ; For ' twas from Crete my native foil I came , Self - banish'd thence . I fail'd before the wind , And left my children and my friends behind ...
... bold , His ready tale th ' inventive hero told : Oft have I heard in Crete this island's name ; For ' twas from Crete my native foil I came , Self - banish'd thence . I fail'd before the wind , And left my children and my friends behind ...
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... bold Argives led their warring powers , Against proud Ilion's well - defended towers ; Ulyffes was thy care , celestial Maid ! Grac'd with thy fight , and favour'd with thy aid . But when the Trojan piles in ashes lay , And bound for ...
... bold Argives led their warring powers , Against proud Ilion's well - defended towers ; Ulyffes was thy care , celestial Maid ! Grac'd with thy fight , and favour'd with thy aid . But when the Trojan piles in ashes lay , And bound for ...
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... bold ) The cautious chief his ready ftory told : On dark referve what better can prevail , Or from the fluent tongue produce the tale , Than when two friends , alone , in peaceful place Confer , and wines and cates the table grace ; But ...
... bold ) The cautious chief his ready ftory told : On dark referve what better can prevail , Or from the fluent tongue produce the tale , Than when two friends , alone , in peaceful place Confer , and wines and cates the table grace ; But ...
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... bold warriours , and a boundless store . O thou ! whom age has taught to understand , And Heaven has guided with a favouring hand ! On God or mortal to obtrude a lie 425 Forbear , and dread to flatter as to die . Not for fuch ends my ...
... bold warriours , and a boundless store . O thou ! whom age has taught to understand , And Heaven has guided with a favouring hand ! On God or mortal to obtrude a lie 425 Forbear , and dread to flatter as to die . Not for fuch ends my ...
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... bold faction rife , Or priests in fabled oracles advise ? 100 Or are thy brothers , who fhould aid thy power , Turn'd mean deferters in the needful hour ? Oh ! that I were from great Ulyffes fprung , Or that these wither'd nerves like ...
... bold faction rife , Or priests in fabled oracles advise ? 100 Or are thy brothers , who fhould aid thy power , Turn'd mean deferters in the needful hour ? Oh ! that I were from great Ulyffes fprung , Or that these wither'd nerves like ...
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