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And where abroad the Cypress rears its head , “ Say ! shall the plant the blooming olive in its stead , “ Say , shall my prince , who now the Scepter wields , * Restore the harvest to Germanias fields ! “ Shall he chastise fierce ...
And where abroad the Cypress rears its head , “ Say ! shall the plant the blooming olive in its stead , “ Say , shall my prince , who now the Scepter wields , * Restore the harvest to Germanias fields ! “ Shall he chastise fierce ...
Page 133
Th ' admiring throng loud acclamations make , And omens of his future empire take . The Sire then shook the honours of his head , And from his brows damps of oblivion shed } Full on the filial dullness : long he food OF SATIRE . 133.
Th ' admiring throng loud acclamations make , And omens of his future empire take . The Sire then shook the honours of his head , And from his brows damps of oblivion shed } Full on the filial dullness : long he food OF SATIRE . 133.
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... head ; This way and that the furious tempefis blow , To lay the monarch of the mountains low ; Th'imperial plant , tho ' nodding at the sound , Tho ' all his scatter'd honours strow the ground , Safe in his strength , and feated in ...
... head ; This way and that the furious tempefis blow , To lay the monarch of the mountains low ; Th'imperial plant , tho ' nodding at the sound , Tho ' all his scatter'd honours strow the ground , Safe in his strength , and feated in ...
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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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