The Works of the English Poets1779 |
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Page 56
... ( now . Better with wandering Scythians choose to roam , Than fix in fruitful Italy our home , And guard thefe dreadful paffages to Rome . } Through Through these the Cimbrians laid Hefperia waste ; Through these 256 ROWE'S POEMS.I.
... ( now . Better with wandering Scythians choose to roam , Than fix in fruitful Italy our home , And guard thefe dreadful paffages to Rome . } Through Through these the Cimbrians laid Hefperia waste ; Through these 256 ROWE'S POEMS.I.
Page 69
... Italy he takes his warlike way , The neighbouring towns his fummons straight obey , And on their walls his enfigns high display . Mean - while the bufy meffenger of ill , Officious Fame , fupplies new terror still : A thousand ...
... Italy he takes his warlike way , The neighbouring towns his fummons straight obey , And on their walls his enfigns high display . Mean - while the bufy meffenger of ill , Officious Fame , fupplies new terror still : A thousand ...
Page 73
... Italy their burning torrent guide ; 945 Charybdis ' dogs howl doleful o'er the flood , And all her whirling waves run red with blood ; The Vestal fire upon the altar dy'd , And o'er the facrifice the flames divide ; The parting points ...
... Italy their burning torrent guide ; 945 Charybdis ' dogs howl doleful o'er the flood , And all her whirling waves run red with blood ; The Vestal fire upon the altar dy'd , And o'er the facrifice the flames divide ; The parting points ...
Page 81
... Italy , and among the rest of Corfinium , where Domitius , the governor for Pompey , is feized by his garrifon , and delivered to Cæfar , who pardons and difmiffes him . Pompey in an oration to his army makes a trial of their ...
... Italy , and among the rest of Corfinium , where Domitius , the governor for Pompey , is feized by his garrifon , and delivered to Cæfar , who pardons and difmiffes him . Pompey in an oration to his army makes a trial of their ...
Page 113
... Italy a narrow length extends , 945 And in a scanty flip projected ends . A crooked mole around the waves the winds , And in her folds the Adriatic binds.bang da Nor yet the bending fhores could form a bay , Did not a barrier isle the ...
... Italy a narrow length extends , 945 And in a scanty flip projected ends . A crooked mole around the waves the winds , And in her folds the Adriatic binds.bang da Nor yet the bending fhores could form a bay , Did not a barrier isle the ...
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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