Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
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... Hero of my verfe reveals His great Defigns , to You in Council tells His Inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of Towns Unform'd , and Battles yet to come . And well cou'd You , in Your Immortal ftrains , Defcribe his Conduct , and ...
... Hero of my verfe reveals His great Defigns , to You in Council tells His Inmoft thoughts , determining the doom Of Towns Unform'd , and Battles yet to come . And well cou'd You , in Your Immortal ftrains , Defcribe his Conduct , and ...
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... Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick Embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidst the Foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . C 2 O that fome Muse , renown'd for Lofty , verse Poems on feveral Occafions . 7.
... Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick Embattel'd lines he broke , Now plung'd amidst the Foes , now loft in clouds of smoke . C 2 O that fome Muse , renown'd for Lofty , verse Poems on feveral Occafions . 7.
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... Hero , one the Poet breeds . A Thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd his voice , and fung the Man Who , driv'n by stress of fate , fuch dangers bore On ftormy Seas , and a difaftrous Shore , Before he fettled in the ...
... Hero , one the Poet breeds . A Thousand years in full fucceffion ran , Ere Virgil rais'd his voice , and fung the Man Who , driv'n by stress of fate , fuch dangers bore On ftormy Seas , and a difaftrous Shore , Before he fettled in the ...
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... Hero kindles with becoming rage , Then Countries ftoln , and Captives unreftor'd , Give Strength to ev'ry blow , and edge his Sword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask ...
... Hero kindles with becoming rage , Then Countries ftoln , and Captives unreftor'd , Give Strength to ev'ry blow , and edge his Sword . Behold with what refiftlefs force he falls On towns befieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask ...
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... hero can his Muse engage ; Nor earth's wide scene confine his hallow'd rage . See ! fee ! he upwards fprings , and tow'ring hight Spurns the dull province of mortality , Shakes heav'n's eternal throne with dire alarms , And fets th ...
... hero can his Muse engage ; Nor earth's wide scene confine his hallow'd rage . See ! fee ! he upwards fprings , and tow'ring hight Spurns the dull province of mortality , Shakes heav'n's eternal throne with dire alarms , And fets th ...
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