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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... soul to fear , Nor was Tydides born to tremble here . I hate the cumbrous chariot's slow advance , And the long distance of the flying lance ; But while my nerves are strong , my force entire , Thus front the foe , and emulate my sire ...
... soul to fear , Nor was Tydides born to tremble here . I hate the cumbrous chariot's slow advance , And the long distance of the flying lance ; But while my nerves are strong , my force entire , Thus front the foe , and emulate my sire ...
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... tremble with affright ; The soul indignant seeks the realms of night . To guard his slaughter'd friend , Æneas flies , His spear extending where the carcass lies ; Watchful he wheels , protects it every way , As TRANSLATIONS . 5.
... tremble with affright ; The soul indignant seeks the realms of night . To guard his slaughter'd friend , Æneas flies , His spear extending where the carcass lies ; Watchful he wheels , protects it every way , As TRANSLATIONS . 5.
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... 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 slaughter , and enjoy my woe . Mad ...
... 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 slaughter , and enjoy my woe . Mad ...
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... soul impels me to the ' embattled plains ; Let me be foremost to defend the throne , And guard my father's glories and my own . ' Yet come it will , the day decreed by fates ; ( How my heart trembles while my tongue relates ! ) The day ...
... soul impels me to the ' embattled plains ; Let me be foremost to defend the throne , And guard my father's glories and my own . ' Yet come it will , the day decreed by fates ; ( How my heart trembles while my tongue relates ! ) The day ...
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... soul's far better part , Why with untimely sorrows heaves thy heart ? No hostile hand can antedate my doom , Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb . Fix'd is the term of all the race of earth ; And such the hard condition of our ...
... soul's far better part , Why with untimely sorrows heaves thy heart ? No hostile hand can antedate my doom , Till fate condemns me to the silent tomb . Fix'd is the term of all the race of earth ; And such the hard condition of our ...
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