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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... round ; and , gathering strength to throw , Discharged the ponderous ruin at the foe . Where to the hip the ' inserted thigh unites , Full on the bone the pointed marble lights ; Through both the tendons broke the rugged stone , And ...
... round ; and , gathering strength to throw , Discharged the ponderous ruin at the foe . Where to the hip the ' inserted thigh unites , Full on the bone the pointed marble lights ; Through both the tendons broke the rugged stone , And ...
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... round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were roll'd . The bossy naves of solid silver shone ; Braces of gold suspend the moving throne : The car , behind , an arching figure bore ; The bending concave form'd an arch before ...
... round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were roll'd . The bossy naves of solid silver shone ; Braces of gold suspend the moving throne : The car , behind , an arching figure bore ; The bending concave form'd an arch before ...
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... Round the margin roll'd , A fringe of serpents hissing guards the gold : Here all the terrors of grim War appear , Here rages Force , here tremble Flight and Fear , Here storm'd Contention , and here Fury frown'd , And the dire orb ...
... Round the margin roll'd , A fringe of serpents hissing guards the gold : Here all the terrors of grim War appear , Here rages Force , here tremble Flight and Fear , Here storm'd Contention , and here Fury frown'd , And the dire orb ...
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... round With piles , with ramparts , and a trench profound ? And will not these ( the wonders he has done ) Repel the rage of Priam's single son ? There was a time ( ' twas when for Greece I fought ) When Hector's prowess no such wonders ...
... round With piles , with ramparts , and a trench profound ? And will not these ( the wonders he has done ) Repel the rage of Priam's single son ? There was a time ( ' twas when for Greece I fought ) When Hector's prowess no such wonders ...
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... round her body pours Soft oils of fragrance , and ambrosial showers : The winds , perfumed , the balmy gale convey Through heaven , through earth , and all the ' aerial Spirit divine ! whose exhalation greets [ way : The sense of gods ...
... round her body pours Soft oils of fragrance , and ambrosial showers : The winds , perfumed , the balmy gale convey Through heaven , through earth , and all the ' aerial Spirit divine ! whose exhalation greets [ way : The sense of gods ...
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