New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining, from the Most Eminent British Poets, and Poetical Translators, Volume 6C. and C. Whittingham; Published by Carpenter and son, 1827 - Classical poetry |
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... hast thou play'd ; Thy erring shaft has made our bravest bleed , And death , unlucky guest , attends thy deed . Vultures shall tear thee .'- Thus incensed they [ stroke : While each to chance ascribed the wondrous Blind as they were ...
... hast thou play'd ; Thy erring shaft has made our bravest bleed , And death , unlucky guest , attends thy deed . Vultures shall tear thee .'- Thus incensed they [ stroke : While each to chance ascribed the wondrous Blind as they were ...
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... hast thou sustain'd In thy spoil'd palace , and exhausted land . The cause and author of those guilty deeds , Lo ! at thy feet unjust Antinoüs bleeds . Not love , but wild ambition , was his guide : To slay thy son , thy kingdoms to ...
... hast thou sustain'd In thy spoil'd palace , and exhausted land . The cause and author of those guilty deeds , Lo ! at thy feet unjust Antinoüs bleeds . Not love , but wild ambition , was his guide : To slay thy son , thy kingdoms to ...
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... hast kindly heard A song in soft distress preferr'd , Propitious to my tuneful vow , Oh , gentle goddess ! hear me now : Descend , thou bright immortal guest , In all thy radiant charms confess'd . Thou once didst leave almighty Jove ...
... hast kindly heard A song in soft distress preferr'd , Propitious to my tuneful vow , Oh , gentle goddess ! hear me now : Descend , thou bright immortal guest , In all thy radiant charms confess'd . Thou once didst leave almighty Jove ...
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... hast gone , and like the whirlwind's force Swept all away together in thy course . Dead is my sire , and I , who lived alone In thee , no longer live , since thou art gone . Our foes exult - our mother wild with joy ( Alas , no mother ) ...
... hast gone , and like the whirlwind's force Swept all away together in thy course . Dead is my sire , and I , who lived alone In thee , no longer live , since thou art gone . Our foes exult - our mother wild with joy ( Alas , no mother ) ...
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... hast left a being fraught . With wiles and toils and anxious fear . For her remains a journey drear , For thee a bless'd eternal prime , Uniting , in thy short career , Youth's blossom with the fruit of time . PAUL THE SILENTIARY ...
... hast left a being fraught . With wiles and toils and anxious fear . For her remains a journey drear , For thee a bless'd eternal prime , Uniting , in thy short career , Youth's blossom with the fruit of time . PAUL THE SILENTIARY ...
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