Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... wild deserts red with monster's gore , And from their hills the shaggy centaurs tore . Yet these with soft persuasive arts I sway'd : When Nestor spoke , they listened and obey'd . If , in my youth , e'en these esteem'd me wise , Do you ...
... wild deserts red with monster's gore , And from their hills the shaggy centaurs tore . Yet these with soft persuasive arts I sway'd : When Nestor spoke , they listened and obey'd . If , in my youth , e'en these esteem'd me wise , Do you ...
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... wild resentment for the fair he lost . In Chrysa's port now sage Ulysses rode ; Beneath the deck the destin'd victims stow'd ; The sails they furl'd , they lash'd the masts aside And dropp'd their anchors , and the pinnace tied . Next ...
... wild resentment for the fair he lost . In Chrysa's port now sage Ulysses rode ; Beneath the deck the destin'd victims stow'd ; The sails they furl'd , they lash'd the masts aside And dropp'd their anchors , and the pinnace tied . Next ...
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... wild Tumult rag'd , And ruthless Fate unsparing battle wag'd ; Grasp'd one new - wounded , one without a wound , And drew another slain along the ground : While the dark garments that the warriors wore , Clung to their shoulders , thick ...
... wild Tumult rag'd , And ruthless Fate unsparing battle wag'd ; Grasp'd one new - wounded , one without a wound , And drew another slain along the ground : While the dark garments that the warriors wore , Clung to their shoulders , thick ...
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... wild with pain their bellowing victim drew , While on their track the dogs and herdsmen flew : Thro ' the rent hide their food the lions tore , The fuming entrails gorg'd , and drain'd his gore . In vain the herdsmen speed , and urge in ...
... wild with pain their bellowing victim drew , While on their track the dogs and herdsmen flew : Thro ' the rent hide their food the lions tore , The fuming entrails gorg'd , and drain'd his gore . In vain the herdsmen speed , and urge in ...
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... wild with rage , Like wolves , th ' exterminating battle wage . OF AJAX , TO AN ASS SURROUNDED BY BOYS . As when an ass , slow - paced , despite a throng Of urchins , bursts ripe fields of corn among , And bruised by many a broken staff ...
... wild with rage , Like wolves , th ' exterminating battle wage . OF AJAX , TO AN ASS SURROUNDED BY BOYS . As when an ass , slow - paced , despite a throng Of urchins , bursts ripe fields of corn among , And bruised by many a broken staff ...
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