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Page 7
... She faw the Boyn run thick with Human gore , And floating Corps lye beating on the fhore : She faw thee climb the banks , but try'd in vafa To trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick Embattel'd lines he broke ...
... She faw the Boyn run thick with Human gore , And floating Corps lye beating on the fhore : She faw thee climb the banks , but try'd in vafa To trace her Hero through the dusty plain , When through the thick Embattel'd lines he broke ...
Page 10
... She fets a Man Triumphant in the field , O'er Giants cloven down ; and Monsters kill'd , Reeking in blood , and fmeer'd with duft and sweat , Whilft Angry Gods conspire to make him Great . Thy Thy Navy Rides on Seas before unpreft , And ...
... She fets a Man Triumphant in the field , O'er Giants cloven down ; and Monsters kill'd , Reeking in blood , and fmeer'd with duft and sweat , Whilft Angry Gods conspire to make him Great . Thy Thy Navy Rides on Seas before unpreft , And ...
Page 39
... She forms her voice , the moves our fimiles or tears . If Satire or heroick ftrains fhe writes , Her Heroe pleases , and her Satire bites . From her no harfh unartful numbers fall , She wears all dreffes , and fhe charms in all . How ...
... She forms her voice , the moves our fimiles or tears . If Satire or heroick ftrains fhe writes , Her Heroe pleases , and her Satire bites . From her no harfh unartful numbers fall , She wears all dreffes , and fhe charms in all . How ...
Page 90
... she us'd to give . Thy ftyle hath match'd what ancient Romans knew , Thy flowing numbers far excell the new ; Their cadence in fuch eafie found convey'd , That height of thought may feem fuperfluous aid ; Yet in fuch charms the noble ...
... she us'd to give . Thy ftyle hath match'd what ancient Romans knew , Thy flowing numbers far excell the new ; Their cadence in fuch eafie found convey'd , That height of thought may feem fuperfluous aid ; Yet in fuch charms the noble ...
Page 96
... She fhall die , fhe fhall die . I feel , I feel my heart relent : How could the Fair be innocent ! To a monarch like mine , Who would not refign ! One fo great and fo brave All hearts must enslave . PAGE . Hark , hark ! what found ...
... She fhall die , fhe fhall die . I feel , I feel my heart relent : How could the Fair be innocent ! To a monarch like mine , Who would not refign ! One fo great and fo brave All hearts must enslave . PAGE . Hark , hark ! what found ...
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