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... blood and toils deserve ; Disgrac'd and injur'd by the man we serve ? And dar'st thou threat to snatch my prize away , Due to the deeds of many a dreadful day ? A prize as small , O tyrant ! match'd with thine , As thy own actions if ...
... blood and toils deserve ; Disgrac'd and injur'd by the man we serve ? And dar'st thou threat to snatch my prize away , Due to the deeds of many a dreadful day ? A prize as small , O tyrant ! match'd with thine , As thy own actions if ...
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... blood , when next thou dar'st invade , Shall stream in vengeance on my reeking blade . At this they ceas'd : the stern debate expir'd : The chiefs in sullen majesty retir'd . Achilles with Patroclus took his way , Where near his tents ...
... blood , when next thou dar'st invade , Shall stream in vengeance on my reeking blade . At this they ceas'd : the stern debate expir'd : The chiefs in sullen majesty retir'd . Achilles with Patroclus took his way , Where near his tents ...
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... blood , that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior of the Grecian race . Unhappy son ! ( fair Thetis thus replies , While tears celestial trickle from her eyes ) Why have I borne thee with a mother's throes , To fates averse , and ...
... blood , that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior of the Grecian race . Unhappy son ! ( fair Thetis thus replies , While tears celestial trickle from her eyes ) Why have I borne thee with a mother's throes , To fates averse , and ...
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... blood was strictly paid ; This , that the fine long due was yet delay'd . Both claim'd th ' award , and bade the laws decide , And partial numbers , rang'd on either side , With eager clamours for decision call , Till the fear'd heralds ...
... blood was strictly paid ; This , that the fine long due was yet delay'd . Both claim'd th ' award , and bade the laws decide , And partial numbers , rang'd on either side , With eager clamours for decision call , Till the fear'd heralds ...
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... blood- They stood like oaks , that on the mountain soar , Where , day by day , perpetual tempests roar ; Rear amid whirlwinds their unswerving form , And spread their gnarled roots beneath the storm . OF ARROWS , TO FLAKES OF SNOW . As ...
... blood- They stood like oaks , that on the mountain soar , Where , day by day , perpetual tempests roar ; Rear amid whirlwinds their unswerving form , And spread their gnarled roots beneath the storm . OF ARROWS , TO FLAKES OF SNOW . As ...
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