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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... sire again , This bow , unfaithful to my glorious aims , Broke by my hand , shall feed the blazing flames . ' To whom the leader of the Dardan race- ' Be calm , nor Phoebus ' honour'd gift disgrace . The distant dart be praised , though ...
... sire again , This bow , unfaithful to my glorious aims , Broke by my hand , shall feed the blazing flames . ' To whom the leader of the Dardan race- ' Be calm , nor Phoebus ' honour'd gift disgrace . The distant dart be praised , though ...
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... sire . Nor shall yon steeds , that fierce to fight convey Those threatening heroes , bear them both away ; One chief at least beneath this arm shall die ; So Pallas tells me , and forbids to fly . But if she dooms , and if no god ...
... sire . Nor shall yon steeds , that fierce to fight convey Those threatening heroes , bear them both away ; One chief at least beneath this arm shall die ; So Pallas tells me , and forbids to fly . But if she dooms , and if no god ...
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... sire ! can no resentment touch thy soul ? Can Mars rebel , and does no thunder roll ? What lawless rage on yon forbidden plain ! What rash destruction ! and what heroes slain ! Venus , and Phoebus with the dreadful bow , Smile on the ...
... sire ! can no resentment touch thy soul ? Can Mars rebel , and does no thunder roll ? What lawless rage on yon forbidden plain ! What rash destruction ! and what heroes slain ! Venus , and Phoebus with the dreadful bow , Smile on the ...
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... sire ! His fate compassion in the victor bred ; Stern as he was , he yet revered the dead , His radiant arms preserved from hostile spoil , And laid him decent on the funeral pile ; Then raised a mountain where his bones were burn'd ...
... sire ! His fate compassion in the victor bred ; Stern as he was , he yet revered the dead , His radiant arms preserved from hostile spoil , And laid him decent on the funeral pile ; Then raised a mountain where his bones were burn'd ...
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... Sire , And hid the shining element of fire . Prometheus , then , benevolent of soul , In hollow reed the spark recovering stole , ' Cheering to man , and mock'd the god whose gaze Serene rejoices in the lightning's rays . ' Oh son of ...
... Sire , And hid the shining element of fire . Prometheus , then , benevolent of soul , In hollow reed the spark recovering stole , ' Cheering to man , and mock'd the god whose gaze Serene rejoices in the lightning's rays . ' Oh son of ...
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