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( To Ajax thus the first of Greeks reply'd ) Well hast thou spoke ; but at the tyrant's name My rage rekindles , and my soul's on flame : ' Tis just resentment , and becomes the brave ; Disgrac'd , dishonour'd , like the vileft slave !
( To Ajax thus the first of Greeks reply'd ) Well hast thou spoke ; but at the tyrant's name My rage rekindles , and my soul's on flame : ' Tis just resentment , and becomes the brave ; Disgrac'd , dishonour'd , like the vileft slave !
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Thro ' the wide dome he raves , with mad alarms , He runs , he fies , he calls aloud to arms ; Fell wrath and vengeance in his eyes appear , The thirst of Naughier , and the rage of war . And here we nuft observe , that the ...
Thro ' the wide dome he raves , with mad alarms , He runs , he fies , he calls aloud to arms ; Fell wrath and vengeance in his eyes appear , The thirst of Naughier , and the rage of war . And here we nuft observe , that the ...
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Oh ! -in the filent grave when Dido lies , Rise in thy rage , thou , great avenger , rise ! Against curs'd Troy , go mighty son of Tyre , Go , in the pomp of famine , sword , and fire ! And you , my Tyrians , with immortal hate ...
Oh ! -in the filent grave when Dido lies , Rise in thy rage , thou , great avenger , rise ! Against curs'd Troy , go mighty son of Tyre , Go , in the pomp of famine , sword , and fire ! And you , my Tyrians , with immortal hate ...
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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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