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Ulysses stay ! O cease thy course , and listen to our lay ! Bleft is the man ordain'd our voice to hear , The song inftructs the foul , and charms the ear . Approach ! thy foul fhall into raptures rife !
Ulysses stay ! O cease thy course , and listen to our lay ! Bleft is the man ordain'd our voice to hear , The song inftructs the foul , and charms the ear . Approach ! thy foul fhall into raptures rife !
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The prudent manner in which Ulysses conceals himself at his return , is confiftent both with the duty as well as fafety of a king , who ought not to be rash in his ven- geance , nor depend too much on the report of those , whofe ...
The prudent manner in which Ulysses conceals himself at his return , is confiftent both with the duty as well as fafety of a king , who ought not to be rash in his ven- geance , nor depend too much on the report of those , whofe ...
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Befide the gate the rev'rend minstrel ftands ; The lyre , now filent , trembling in his hands ; Dubious to fupplicate the chief , or fly To Jove's inviolable altar nigh , Where oft Laertes holy vows had paid , And oft Ulysses smoaking ...
Befide the gate the rev'rend minstrel ftands ; The lyre , now filent , trembling in his hands ; Dubious to fupplicate the chief , or fly To Jove's inviolable altar nigh , Where oft Laertes holy vows had paid , And oft Ulysses smoaking ...
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| Title | The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2 The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, John Newbery 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, 1969 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | Sep 27, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0576029955, 9780576029957 |
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