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Page 88
... live by infamy fo mean ? But foon your changing fortune fhifts the feene ; Short is your date ; you only live to mourn Your hopes deceiv'd , and Sylla's swift return . The vulgar falls , and none laments his fate , Sorrow has hardly ...
... live by infamy fo mean ? But foon your changing fortune fhifts the feene ; Short is your date ; you only live to mourn Your hopes deceiv'd , and Sylla's swift return . The vulgar falls , and none laments his fate , Sorrow has hardly ...
Page 99
... live upon my tomb . So fhall my truth to latest times be read , And none fhall ask if guiltily I fled , 530 Or thy command eftrang'd me from thy bed . Nor ask I now thy happiness to share , I feek thy days of toil , thy nights of care ...
... live upon my tomb . So fhall my truth to latest times be read , And none fhall ask if guiltily I fled , 530 Or thy command eftrang'd me from thy bed . Nor ask I now thy happiness to share , I feek thy days of toil , thy nights of care ...
Page 107
... live ; That all , by thy example taught , may know , How Cæfar's mercy treats a vanquish'd foe : Still arm against me , keep thy hatred still , And if thou conquer'ft , ufe thy conqueft , kill . Returns of love , or favour , feek I none ...
... live ; That all , by thy example taught , may know , How Cæfar's mercy treats a vanquish'd foe : Still arm against me , keep thy hatred still , And if thou conquer'ft , ufe thy conqueft , kill . Returns of love , or favour , feek I none ...
Page 111
... lives to fave , And take the narrow lot my bounty gave . By me the mighty Mithridates chac'd , 885 890 I 895 Through ... live , Where high meridian funs no shadow give . Hefperian Bætis my commands obeys , Who rolls remote to seek the ...
... lives to fave , And take the narrow lot my bounty gave . By me the mighty Mithridates chac'd , 885 890 I 895 Through ... live , Where high meridian funs no shadow give . Hefperian Bætis my commands obeys , Who rolls remote to seek the ...
Page 126
... , Thus warns the victor of the wrong aloud : Live 190 Through me , thou robber ! force thy horrid way , My facred blood fhall stain thy impious prey . But But there are gods , to urge thy guilty fate 326 ROWE'S POEMS .
... , Thus warns the victor of the wrong aloud : Live 190 Through me , thou robber ! force thy horrid way , My facred blood fhall stain thy impious prey . But But there are gods , to urge thy guilty fate 326 ROWE'S POEMS .
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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