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And you , my companions so dear , Who sorrow to see me betray'd , Whatever I suffer , forbear , Forbear to accuse the false maid : If thro ' the wide world I should range , ' Tis in vain from my fortune to fly ; ' Twas her's to be false ...
And you , my companions so dear , Who sorrow to see me betray'd , Whatever I suffer , forbear , Forbear to accuse the false maid : If thro ' the wide world I should range , ' Tis in vain from my fortune to fly ; ' Twas her's to be false ...
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But hark ! he strikes the golden lyre , And see , the tortur'd ghosts respire ! See Tady forms advance ! Thy tone , O Sisyphus , stands , still , Ixion rests upon his wheel , And the pale spectres dance ! The Furies sink upon their iron ...
But hark ! he strikes the golden lyre , And see , the tortur'd ghosts respire ! See Tady forms advance ! Thy tone , O Sisyphus , stands , still , Ixion rests upon his wheel , And the pale spectres dance ! The Furies sink upon their iron ...
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Thus , in Virgil we not only read of Dido's love , but we see the cruel effects of it ; the circumstances of her rage and despair are plac'd before our eyes , we hear her speak , as it were , to the picture and sword which Æneas had ...
Thus , in Virgil we not only read of Dido's love , but we see the cruel effects of it ; the circumstances of her rage and despair are plac'd before our eyes , we hear her speak , as it were , to the picture and sword which Æneas had ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets ; and of Translations from the Ancients ... Volume 2 of The Art of Poetry on a New Plan: Illustrated with a Great Variety of Examples from the Best English Poets; and of Translations from the Ancients, John Newbery |
| Author | John Newbery |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029947, 9780576029940 |
| Length | 382 pages |
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