Specimens of the Classic Poets: In a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus ; Translated Into English Verse ; and Illustrated with Biographical and Critical Notes, Volume 3Robert Baldwin, 1814 - English poetry |
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... Thou art , thyself , the cause , unhappy Rome ! The common portion of a triple power . Three lords divide thy rule ; but never yet A reigning multitude had grasp'd the rod . Oh ill allied ! and blind with lust of sway ! Why mix your ...
... Thou art , thyself , the cause , unhappy Rome ! The common portion of a triple power . Three lords divide thy rule ; but never yet A reigning multitude had grasp'd the rod . Oh ill allied ! and blind with lust of sway ! Why mix your ...
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... thou alone Couldst wrest the sword from their infuriate grasp , And knit their weapon'd hands : as , in the midst , The Sabine women rush'd , and join'd in peace Their husbands and their sires . Thy death dissolv'd The compact , and ...
... thou alone Couldst wrest the sword from their infuriate grasp , And knit their weapon'd hands : as , in the midst , The Sabine women rush'd , and join'd in peace Their husbands and their sires . Thy death dissolv'd The compact , and ...
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... thou , wherever Fate may call thy soul , These spirits of the dead shall find thee there . Not higher canst thou soar in air , nor dive , In shades below , to more Elysian bowers . Death , free from Fortune's malice , smiles secure ...
... thou , wherever Fate may call thy soul , These spirits of the dead shall find thee there . Not higher canst thou soar in air , nor dive , In shades below , to more Elysian bowers . Death , free from Fortune's malice , smiles secure ...
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... thou that I alone , of all these bands , Am recreant and degenerate ? seems thy chief So soft of nature , fainting at the stroke Of the first heat ? How far more worthy he To feel th ' inflicted sun , who singly drinks , While a whole ...
... thou that I alone , of all these bands , Am recreant and degenerate ? seems thy chief So soft of nature , fainting at the stroke Of the first heat ? How far more worthy he To feel th ' inflicted sun , who singly drinks , While a whole ...
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... thou hast traced the footsteps of the God . Now , face to face , ' tis given thee to converse With Jove . Inquire of impious Cæsar's fate ; Snatch from the rolls of destiny the doom That waits our country . Whether she shall wield Her ...
... thou hast traced the footsteps of the God . Now , face to face , ' tis given thee to converse With Jove . Inquire of impious Cæsar's fate ; Snatch from the rolls of destiny the doom That waits our country . Whether she shall wield Her ...
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