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" O goddess-born ! escape, by timely flight, The flames and horrors of this fatal night. The foes already have possess'd the wall : Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to duty and to fame.... "
The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes ... - Page 275
by John Dryden - 1808
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden

John Dryden - 1909 - 1122 pages
...night. The foes already have possess'd the wall; Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...mortal hand my father's throne Could be defended, 't was by mine alone. Now Troy to thee commends her future state, 389 And gives her gods companions...
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Virgil's Aeneid

Virgil - 1909 - 454 pages
...night. The foes already have possess'd the wall; Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...mortal hand my father's throne Could be defended, 't was by mine alone. Now Troy to thee commends her future state, And gives her gods companions of...
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The Poetical Works of Sir John Denham

Sir John Denham - 1928 - 386 pages
...and mighty Ilium was; But the last period and fatal hour Of Troy is come: Our Glory and our Power 12 "From their assistance happier walls expect, Which, wandering long, at last thou shall erect. He said, and brought me, from their blest abodes, The venerable statues of the gods, With...
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The Aeneid

Virgil - 1997 - 434 pages
...night. The foes already have possessed the wall: Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...state, And gives her gods companions of thy fate; 390 From their assistance, happier walls expect, Which wand'ring long, at last thou shalt erect." He...
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Virgil's Aeneid

Virgil - 1997 - 476 pages
...the Wall, Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. If by a Mortal Hand my Father's Throne Cou'd be defended, 'twas by mine alone: Now Troy to thee commends her future State, 390 And gives her Gods Companions of thy Fate: From their assistance happier Walls expect, Which, wand'ring...
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Virgil

168 pages
...night. The foes already have possessed the wall, Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to...future state, And gives her Gods companions of thy fate : 390 From their assistance happier walls expect, Which, wandering long, at last thou shalt erect."...
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