The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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... Such , Pompey , ftill has been thy greedy thirst , In early love of impious flaughter nurft ; Since first thy infant cruelty effay'd 5801 } 585 . 590 } 596 . To lick the curft dictator's reeking blade . None ever give the falvage nature ...
... Such , Pompey , ftill has been thy greedy thirst , In early love of impious flaughter nurft ; Since first thy infant cruelty effay'd 5801 } 585 . 590 } 596 . To lick the curft dictator's reeking blade . None ever give the falvage nature ...
Page 65
... Such is the found when Thracian Boreas fpreadsantonio His weighty wing o'er Offa's piney heads : sili s A At once the noify groves are all inclin'd , an ancicol 700 And , bending , roar beneath the fweeping wind ; At once their rattling ...
... Such is the found when Thracian Boreas fpreadsantonio His weighty wing o'er Offa's piney heads : sili s A At once the noify groves are all inclin'd , an ancicol 700 And , bending , roar beneath the fweeping wind ; At once their rattling ...
Page 70
... Such was the madness which their fears had bred , As if , of every other hope bereft , To fly from Rome were all the fafety left . So when the stormy South is heard to roar , And rolls huge billows from the Libyan fhore When rending ...
... Such was the madness which their fears had bred , As if , of every other hope bereft , To fly from Rome were all the fafety left . So when the stormy South is heard to roar , And rolls huge billows from the Libyan fhore When rending ...
Page 73
... Such was he feen , when backward to the east 940 He fled , abhorring dire Thyeftes ' feaft . Sicilian Ætna then was heard to roar , While Mulciber let loose his fiery store ; Nor rofe the flames , but with a downward tide Taw'rds Italy ...
... Such was he feen , when backward to the east 940 He fled , abhorring dire Thyeftes ' feaft . Sicilian Ætna then was heard to roar , While Mulciber let loose his fiery store ; Nor rofe the flames , but with a downward tide Taw'rds Italy ...
Page 74
... Such to Lycurgus was the phantom feen , Such the dire vifions of the Theban queen ; Such , at his cruel stepmother's command , Before Alcides , did Megæra ftand : With dread , till then unknown , the hero fhook , Though he had dar'd on ...
... Such to Lycurgus was the phantom feen , Such the dire vifions of the Theban queen ; Such , at his cruel stepmother's command , Before Alcides , did Megæra ftand : With dread , till then unknown , the hero fhook , Though he had dar'd on ...
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Æneid againſt amidſt arms Behold beneath blood bold breaſt Cæfar camp caufe cauſe chief cloſe command courſe croud Dæmon death diftant dreadful earth ev'n facred fafe faid fame fatal fate fcorn fear feas fecret feek feems feen fhade fhall fhore fhould fide field fierce fight firft firſt fkies flain flames flaughter fled flood foldier fome foon forfook fortune foul ftand ftill ftream ftrong fuccefs fuch fure fwelling fword Gaul gods hafte hand head heaven himſelf hoftile horrid impious labours laft laſt Latian lefs length loft looſe Lucan mighty moſt Nero numbers o'er paffage paſt peace Pharfalia Phocis plain Pompey Pompey's purpoſe rage reft rife rofe Roman Rome Scythian ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtood Sulpitius Verulanus ſupplies ſwift taſk thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand trembling vaft vanquish'd Virgil whofe winds yield