Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... Soon shall the fair the sable ship ascend , Theseus , endued with more than mortal might , Or. Bold is the task when subjects , grown too wise , Instruct a monarch where his error lies ; For though we deem the short - lived fury past ...
... Soon shall the fair the sable ship ascend , Theseus , endued with more than mortal might , Or. Bold is the task when subjects , grown too wise , Instruct a monarch where his error lies ; For though we deem the short - lived fury past ...
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... Soon might'st thou tell me , where in secret here The dastard lurks , all trembling with his fear : Swung round and round , and dash'd from rock to rock , His batter'd brains should on the pavement smoke . No ease , no pleasure my sad ...
... Soon might'st thou tell me , where in secret here The dastard lurks , all trembling with his fear : Swung round and round , and dash'd from rock to rock , His batter'd brains should on the pavement smoke . No ease , no pleasure my sad ...
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... soon and sure must bend , Beneath the woes which painful age attend ; Inexorable age ! whose wretched state All mortals dread , and all immortals hate ! " " In no Greek or Latin classical poem , that I remember , is Venus represented ...
... soon and sure must bend , Beneath the woes which painful age attend ; Inexorable age ! whose wretched state All mortals dread , and all immortals hate ! " " In no Greek or Latin classical poem , that I remember , is Venus represented ...
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... soon brings down the loftiest state , And makes it desolate . This truth the sage of Sparta told , Aristodemus old , - " Wealth makes the man . " - On him that's poor , Proud worth looks down , and honour shuts the door . CONVIVIAL ...
... soon brings down the loftiest state , And makes it desolate . This truth the sage of Sparta told , Aristodemus old , - " Wealth makes the man . " - On him that's poor , Proud worth looks down , and honour shuts the door . CONVIVIAL ...
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... soon to thee shall sacrifice ; Though now he freeze , he soon shall burn , And be thy victim in his turn . Celestial visitant , once more Thy needful presence I implore ! In pity come and ease my grief , Bring my distempered soul relief ...
... soon to thee shall sacrifice ; Though now he freeze , he soon shall burn , And be thy victim in his turn . Celestial visitant , once more Thy needful presence I implore ! In pity come and ease my grief , Bring my distempered soul relief ...
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