The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... court be changed for Horror's cave ? Must mighty kings that kept the world in awe , Conquer'd by time , and the unpitying grave , Submit their laurels to Death's rigorous law ? [ ear , If in the tent retired , or battle's rage ...
... court be changed for Horror's cave ? Must mighty kings that kept the world in awe , Conquer'd by time , and the unpitying grave , Submit their laurels to Death's rigorous law ? [ ear , If in the tent retired , or battle's rage ...
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... courts denied , To this receptacle dame Fortune ran : When harass'd , it was here she used to hide From the wild suits of discontented Man . Prostrate , the delegates their charge declare , ( Happy the courtier that salutes her feet ...
... courts denied , To this receptacle dame Fortune ran : When harass'd , it was here she used to hide From the wild suits of discontented Man . Prostrate , the delegates their charge declare , ( Happy the courtier that salutes her feet ...
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... courts I've tried , where splendour shone , Where pomp and gilded cares reside , ' Midst endless hurry , endless pride , But there thou wast unknown . Yet in the captive's dreary cell , Lodged with a long experienced sage , With the ...
... courts I've tried , where splendour shone , Where pomp and gilded cares reside , ' Midst endless hurry , endless pride , But there thou wast unknown . Yet in the captive's dreary cell , Lodged with a long experienced sage , With the ...
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... courts your calm retreat , Ye groves of variegated green , That grace my genial seat ! Here , in the lap of lenient ease ( Remote from maddening noise ) , Let me delude a length of days , In dear domestic joys ! Long may the parent ...
... courts your calm retreat , Ye groves of variegated green , That grace my genial seat ! Here , in the lap of lenient ease ( Remote from maddening noise ) , Let me delude a length of days , In dear domestic joys ! Long may the parent ...
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... court , No longer I shrink at her frowns ! Her whimseys supply me with sport- And her smiles I resign to the clowns ! Thus lost to each worldly desire , And scorning all riches - all fame- I quietly hope to retire When Time shall the ...
... court , No longer I shrink at her frowns ! Her whimseys supply me with sport- And her smiles I resign to the clowns ! Thus lost to each worldly desire , And scorning all riches - all fame- I quietly hope to retire When Time shall the ...
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