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Page 177
... Syphax comes ! - SYPH . SCENE III . SYPHAX , SEMPRONIUS . Sempronius , all is ready , I've sounded my Numidians , man by man , And find ' em ripe for a revolt : they all Complain aloud of Cato's discipline , And wait but the command to ...
... Syphax comes ! - SYPH . SCENE III . SYPHAX , SEMPRONIUS . Sempronius , all is ready , I've sounded my Numidians , man by man , And find ' em ripe for a revolt : they all Complain aloud of Cato's discipline , And wait but the command to ...
Page 178
... Syphax , I'll conceal My thoughts in passion1 ( ' tis the surest way ) ; I'll bellow out for Rome and for my country , And mouth at Cæsar till I shake the senate . Your cold hypocrisy ' s a stale device , A worn - out trick : wouldst ...
... Syphax , I'll conceal My thoughts in passion1 ( ' tis the surest way ) ; I'll bellow out for Rome and for my country , And mouth at Cæsar till I shake the senate . Your cold hypocrisy ' s a stale device , A worn - out trick : wouldst ...
Page 179
... Syphax , we must work in haste : Oh think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal ... SYPHAX . JUBA . Syphax , I joy to meet thee thus alone . I have observed of late thy looks are fallen , O'ercast with ...
... Syphax , we must work in haste : Oh think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots and their last fatal ... SYPHAX . JUBA . Syphax , I joy to meet thee thus alone . I have observed of late thy looks are fallen , O'ercast with ...
Page 181
... Syphax , won't discern What virtues grow from ignorance and choice , Nor how the hero differs from the brute . But grant that others could with equal glory Look down on pleasures , and the baits of sense ; Where shall we find the man ...
... Syphax , won't discern What virtues grow from ignorance and choice , Nor how the hero differs from the brute . But grant that others could with equal glory Look down on pleasures , and the baits of sense ; Where shall we find the man ...
Page 182
... Syphax , chide me in severest terms , Vent all thy passion , and I'll stand its shock , Calm and unruffled as a summer sea , When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface . SYPH . Alas ! my prince , I'd guide you to your safety ...
... Syphax , chide me in severest terms , Vent all thy passion , and I'll stand its shock , Calm and unruffled as a summer sea , When not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface . SYPH . Alas ! my prince , I'd guide you to your safety ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.