Elegant Extracts, Volumes 3-4Vicesimus Knox 1809 - English poetry |
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... maid ! I'll hasten to my troops , And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue . If e'er I lead them to the field , when all The war shall stand rang'd in its just array , And dreadful pomp ; then will I think on thee , O lovely maid ...
... maid ! I'll hasten to my troops , And fire their languid souls with Cato's virtue . If e'er I lead them to the field , when all The war shall stand rang'd in its just array , And dreadful pomp ; then will I think on thee , O lovely maid ...
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... maid By virtues in her sire betray'd : O Nature boon , from whom proceed Each forceful thought , each prompted deed ; If but from thee I hope to feel , On all my heart imprint thy seal ! Let some retreating Cynic find Those off - turn'd ...
... maid By virtues in her sire betray'd : O Nature boon , from whom proceed Each forceful thought , each prompted deed ; If but from thee I hope to feel , On all my heart imprint thy seal ! Let some retreating Cynic find Those off - turn'd ...
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... maid Thy love refus'd to save : This is the dark and fearful hour When injur'd ghosts complain : Now dreary graves give up their dead , To haunt the faithless swain . Bethink thee , William , of thy fault , Thy pledge and broken oath ...
... maid Thy love refus'd to save : This is the dark and fearful hour When injur'd ghosts complain : Now dreary graves give up their dead , To haunt the faithless swain . Bethink thee , William , of thy fault , Thy pledge and broken oath ...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry ..., Volume 1 Vicesimus Knox No preview available - 1801 |
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Adam Bell art thou beauty behold blood bosom breast breath Britons Brutus busk Cæsar call'd Cato charms cheek Childe Waters cried dead dear death Derry dost doth dreadful Epigram ev'ry eyes fair fair lady fame fate father fear fire flow'r fool GARRICK gentle give gods grace grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honor Juba king Lady live look lord lov'd maid mind muse ne'er never night noble nymph o'er once passion peace pity play poison'd poor pow'r praise pray pride prince Prologue quoth Rome round sayd scene seem'd Shakspeare sigh sing sleep smile soft Song sorrow soul speak spleen sweet sword Syphax tears tell thee thine thing thou art thou hast thought thro tongue true Twas twill vex'd virtue weep willow wind wretched yemen youth Zounds