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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... thou bid to shun the coming fight ? Me wouldst thou move to base inglorious flight ? Know , ' tis not honest in my soul to fear , Nor was Tydides born to tremble here . I hate the cumbrous chariot's slow advance , And the long distance ...
... thou bid to shun the coming fight ? Me wouldst thou move to base inglorious flight ? Know , ' tis not honest in my soul to fear , Nor was Tydides born to tremble here . I hate the cumbrous chariot's slow advance , And the long distance ...
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... thou run ? Ah , too forgetful of thy wife and son ! And think'st thou not how wretched we shall be , 10 P. XI . ELEGANT EXTRACTS . The Parting of Hector and Andromache Pope.
... thou run ? Ah , too forgetful of thy wife and son ! And think'st thou not how wretched we shall be , 10 P. XI . ELEGANT EXTRACTS . The Parting of Hector and Andromache Pope.
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... thou not how wretched we shall be , A widow I , a helpless orphan he ! For sure such courage length of life denies , And thou must fall thy virtue's sacrifice . Greece in her single heroes strove in vain ; Now hosts oppose thee , and thou ...
... thou not how wretched we shall be , A widow I , a helpless orphan he ! For sure such courage length of life denies , And thou must fall thy virtue's sacrifice . Greece in her single heroes strove in vain ; Now hosts oppose thee , and thou ...
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... Thou , from this tower defend the ' important post ; There Agamemnon points his dreadful host , That pass Tydides , Ajax , strive to gain , And there the vengeful Spartan fires his train . Thrice our bold foes the fierce attack have ...
... Thou , from this tower defend the ' important post ; There Agamemnon points his dreadful host , That pass Tydides , Ajax , strive to gain , And there the vengeful Spartan fires his train . Thrice our bold foes the fierce attack have ...
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... thou ! whose glory fills the ' etherial throne , And all ye deathless powers ! protect my son ! Grant him , like me , to purchase just renown , To guard the Trojans , to defend the crown , Against his country's foes the war to wage ...
... thou ! whose glory fills the ' etherial throne , And all ye deathless powers ! protect my son ! Grant him , like me , to purchase just renown , To guard the Trojans , to defend the crown , Against his country's foes the war to wage ...
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