The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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... ground Firs fall from high : and fome the trunks receive , In loaden wains , with wedges fome they cleave . And now the fatal news by Fame is blown Through the fhort circuit of th ' Arcadian town , Of Pallas flain : by Fame , which juft ...
... ground Firs fall from high : and fome the trunks receive , In loaden wains , with wedges fome they cleave . And now the fatal news by Fame is blown Through the fhort circuit of th ' Arcadian town , Of Pallas flain : by Fame , which juft ...
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... ground . And drums and trumpets mix their mournful found . Amid the blaze , their pious brethren throw The fpoils , in battle taken from the foe ; 295 Helms , bitts emboss'd , and swords of shining steel , One cafts a target , one a ...
... ground . And drums and trumpets mix their mournful found . Amid the blaze , their pious brethren throw The fpoils , in battle taken from the foe ; 295 Helms , bitts emboss'd , and swords of shining steel , One cafts a target , one a ...
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... ground : Dejected grief in every face appears ; A town in mourning , and a land in tears . While he , th ' undoubted author of our harms , 525 530 The man who menaces the gods with arms , Yet , after all his boafts , forfook the fight ...
... ground : Dejected grief in every face appears ; A town in mourning , and a land in tears . While he , th ' undoubted author of our harms , 525 530 The man who menaces the gods with arms , Yet , after all his boafts , forfook the fight ...
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... ground . Not fuch the Trojans try'd me , when , inclos'd , I fingly their united arms oppos'd : 605 610 First forc'd an entrance through their thick array ; 614 Then , glutted with their flaughter , freed my way . ' Tis a destructive ...
... ground . Not fuch the Trojans try'd me , when , inclos'd , I fingly their united arms oppos'd : 605 610 First forc'd an entrance through their thick array ; 614 Then , glutted with their flaughter , freed my way . ' Tis a destructive ...
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... ground . But , if we still have fresh recruits in store , If our confederates can afford us more ; If the contended field we bravely fought : 650 And not a bloodless victory was bought : Their loffes equal'd ours ; and for their flain ...
... ground . But , if we still have fresh recruits in store , If our confederates can afford us more ; If the contended field we bravely fought : 650 And not a bloodless victory was bought : Their loffes equal'd ours ; and for their flain ...
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