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... royal women ! Lo my race , My sire's ancestral race ! Hemans ( from Goethe ) . 1. ' What voice's murmur rustles in the boughs ? 2. the breathings of what sounds in the shadow ? 3. They have come to see the έπýλudɛs . 4. 5. What τάξις ...
... royal women ! Lo my race , My sire's ancestral race ! Hemans ( from Goethe ) . 1. ' What voice's murmur rustles in the boughs ? 2. the breathings of what sounds in the shadow ? 3. They have come to see the έπýλudɛs . 4. 5. What τάξις ...
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... royal race of Temenus , in Argos- Ep . That house , like ours , intestine murder maims . Me . Thy Spartan cousins , Procles and his brother— Ep . Love a won cause , but not a cause to win . Me . My father then , and his Arcadian chiefs ...
... royal race of Temenus , in Argos- Ep . That house , like ours , intestine murder maims . Me . Thy Spartan cousins , Procles and his brother— Ep . Love a won cause , but not a cause to win . Me . My father then , and his Arcadian chiefs ...
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... royal king . Ed . What league of faith , where league is broken once ? B. The greater hope in them that once have fallen . Ed . But foolish are those monarchs , that do yield A conquered realm upon submissive vows . and so redeem my ...
... royal king . Ed . What league of faith , where league is broken once ? B. The greater hope in them that once have fallen . Ed . But foolish are those monarchs , that do yield A conquered realm upon submissive vows . and so redeem my ...
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... royal maid fierce Thebes beguiled , Though wilful Creon proudly did forbid her , Her brother , from his home and tomb exiled ( While willing night in darkness safely hid her ) , She lowly laid in earth's all - covering shade : Her ...
... royal maid fierce Thebes beguiled , Though wilful Creon proudly did forbid her , Her brother , from his home and tomb exiled ( While willing night in darkness safely hid her ) , She lowly laid in earth's all - covering shade : Her ...
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... : As a long - parted mother with her child Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting , So , weeping , smiling , greet I thee , my earth , And do thee favour with my royal hands . Feed н 2 GREEK IAMBIC VERSE . 99.
... : As a long - parted mother with her child Plays fondly with her tears and smiles in meeting , So , weeping , smiling , greet I thee , my earth , And do thee favour with my royal hands . Feed н 2 GREEK IAMBIC VERSE . 99.
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