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... And men grew heroes at the sound , Inflam'd with glory's charms : Each chief his sev'nfold shield display'd , 45 And half unsheath'd the shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms !
... And men grew heroes at the sound , Inflam'd with glory's charms : Each chief his sev'nfold shield display'd , 45 And half unsheath'd the shining blade : And seas , and rocks , and skies rebound To arms , to arms , to arms !
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Thus ent'ring , in the glitt'ring rooms he found His brother - Chief , whose useless arms lay round . His eyes delighting with their splendid show , Bright'ning the shield , and polishing the bow . Beside him Helen with her virgins ...
Thus ent'ring , in the glitt'ring rooms he found His brother - Chief , whose useless arms lay round . His eyes delighting with their splendid show , Bright'ning the shield , and polishing the bow . Beside him Helen with her virgins ...
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Let others in the field their arms employ , But stay my Hector here , and guard his Troy . ” The Chief replied : “ That post shall be my care , Nor that alone , but all the works of war . How would the sons of Troy , in arms renown'd ...
Let others in the field their arms employ , But stay my Hector here , and guard his Troy . ” The Chief replied : “ That post shall be my care , Nor that alone , but all the works of war . How would the sons of Troy , in arms renown'd ...
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Contents
MATTHEW PRIOR I | 1 |
If wine and music | 7 |
Alma or The Progress of The Mind Canto I | 15 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century |
| Editor | Cecil Albert Moore |
| Publisher | H. Holt, 1935 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 942 pages |
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