The Works of the English Poets, Volume 19J. Rivington, 1779 - 366 pages |
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... heaven with ftarry light . The conquer'd Latians , with like pious care , Piles without number for their dead prepare ; Part , in the places where they fell , are laid ; And part are to the neighbouring fields convey'd . The corpfe of ...
... heaven with ftarry light . The conquer'd Latians , with like pious care , Piles without number for their dead prepare ; Part , in the places where they fell , are laid ; And part are to the neighbouring fields convey'd . The corpfe of ...
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... heaven is hovering o`er his head . The gods , he saw , espous'd the juster fide , When late their titles in the field were try'd : 360 Witness the fresh laments , and funeral tears undry'd . Thus , full of anxious thought , he fummons ...
... heaven is hovering o`er his head . The gods , he saw , espous'd the juster fide , When late their titles in the field were try'd : 360 Witness the fresh laments , and funeral tears undry'd . Thus , full of anxious thought , he fummons ...
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... heaven : So worn , fo wretched , so despis'd a crew , As ev'n old Priam might with pity view . Witness the vessels by Minerva tofs'd In ftorms , the vengeful Capharean coast ; Th ' Eubean rocks ; the prince , whofe brother led Our ...
... heaven : So worn , fo wretched , so despis'd a crew , As ev'n old Priam might with pity view . Witness the vessels by Minerva tofs'd In ftorms , the vengeful Capharean coast ; Th ' Eubean rocks ; the prince , whofe brother led Our ...
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... Heavens ! what a fpring was in his arm , to throw ! How high he held his fhield , and rofe at every blow ! Had Troy produc'd two more , his match in might , They would have chang❜d the fortune of the fight : 440 Th ' invasion of the ...
... Heavens ! what a fpring was in his arm , to throw ! How high he held his fhield , and rofe at every blow ! Had Troy produc'd two more , his match in might , They would have chang❜d the fortune of the fight : 440 Th ' invasion of the ...
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... heaven's peculiar care , But heaven's own race : unconquer'd in the field , Or , conquer'd , yet unknowing how to yield . What hopes you had in Diomede , lay down : Our hopes must center on ourfelves alone . Yet thofe how feeble , and ...
... heaven's peculiar care , But heaven's own race : unconquer'd in the field , Or , conquer'd , yet unknowing how to yield . What hopes you had in Diomede , lay down : Our hopes must center on ourfelves alone . Yet thofe how feeble , and ...
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Æneas Æneid againſt alfo alſo amongſt arms becauſe Befides beſt betwixt breaſt Cafaubon caufe crimes defign defire doft eaſe Ennius Ev'n eyes facred fafely faid falutes fame fate fatire fatyrs fear feems fenfe fent fhall fhould fide fight fince fire firft firſt flain flave fleep foes fome foul ftill fubject fuch fure fword give gods Grecians hand head heaven himſelf honour Horace huſband Jove Juturna Juvenal laft laſt Latin leaſt lefs Livius Andronicus loft lord Lucilius mafter moft moſt muſt myſelf noble numbers o'er Pacuvius Perfius perfons pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe prefent purſue Quintilian raiſe reafon reft refuſe reſt rife Roman Rome SATIRE ſcarce Sejanus ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtore ſtreet thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou art Trojan Turnus uſe verfe verſe vices Virgil virtue whofe wife worfe Would't thou