The Cat-fight: A Mock Heroic Poem. Supported with Copious Extracts from Ancient and Modern Classic Authors ...1824 - Cats - 276 pages |
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... hosts advance The glittering falchion , and the shining lance ; The kneaded sand is mix'd with smoking gore , And dreadful heroes sink to rise no more . Such was Marengo [ 4 ] —such the dire affray— [ 4 ] These battles of Marengo and ...
... hosts advance The glittering falchion , and the shining lance ; The kneaded sand is mix'd with smoking gore , And dreadful heroes sink to rise no more . Such was Marengo [ 4 ] —such the dire affray— [ 4 ] These battles of Marengo and ...
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... host No fairer face nor sweeter air could boast ; Scarce had the down to shade his cheeks begun , One was their care , and their delight was one ; One common hazard in the war they shar'd , And now were both by choice upon the guard ...
... host No fairer face nor sweeter air could boast ; Scarce had the down to shade his cheeks begun , One was their care , and their delight was one ; One common hazard in the war they shar'd , And now were both by choice upon the guard ...
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... , ere themselves were slain . They found the careless host dispers'd upon the plain Who , gorg'd , and drunk with wine , supinely snore . Unharness'd chariots stand along the shore : And gain'd the golden fleece : The fleece he from 43.
... , ere themselves were slain . They found the careless host dispers'd upon the plain Who , gorg'd , and drunk with wine , supinely snore . Unharness'd chariots stand along the shore : And gain'd the golden fleece : The fleece he from 43.
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... host Of monsters dire their daring passage cross'd . In various shapes the ghastly troops appear , With various yells they rend the startled ear . Each savage form that roves the burning sands , From distant Nilus to the Libyan lands ...
... host Of monsters dire their daring passage cross'd . In various shapes the ghastly troops appear , With various yells they rend the startled ear . Each savage form that roves the burning sands , From distant Nilus to the Libyan lands ...
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... host , But Mopsus counsell'd to appease the ghost . [ 13 ] " In heaven it was a sore contest , " & c . - See page 46 . Description of the Battles of Michael and Gabriel , sent forth against Satan and his Angels . - MILTON . " So spake ...
... host , But Mopsus counsell'd to appease the ghost . [ 13 ] " In heaven it was a sore contest , " & c . - See page 46 . Description of the Battles of Michael and Gabriel , sent forth against Satan and his Angels . - MILTON . " So spake ...
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Page 274 - Then maids and youths shall linger here, And while its sounds at distance swell, Shall sadly seem in pity's ear To hear the woodland pilgrim's knell. Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore, When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest...
Page 134 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day. St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, "I'm sorry— but we all must die!
Page 162 - Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night, A glimmering dawn : here Nature first begins Her farthest verge, and Chaos to retire...
Page 88 - By four cherubic shapes ; four faces each Had wondrous ; as with stars, their bodies all, And wings, were set with eyes; with eyes the wheels Of beryl, and careering fires between...
Page 83 - Yet soon he heal'd ; for Spirits, that live throughout Vital in every part, not as frail Man In entrails, heart or head, liver or reins, Cannot but by annihilating die; Nor in their liquid texture mortal wound Receive, no more than can the fluid air...
Page 82 - Was given him temper'd so, that neither keen Nor solid might resist that edge : it met The sword of Satan, with steep force to smite Descending, and in half cut sheer...
Page 90 - Among them he arriv'd ; in his right hand Grasping ten thousand thunders, which he sent Before him, such as in their souls infix'd Plagues...
Page 132 - Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead. Before the passing-bell begun, The news through half the town has run. O, may we all for Death prepare! What has he left? And who's his heir?
Page 274 - In yonder grave a Druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave ; The year's best sweets shall duteous rise To deck its poet's sylvan grave.
Page 133 - Lady Suffolk, in the spleen, Runs laughing up to tell the queen. The queen, so gracious, mild, and good, Cries, " Is he gone ? 'tis time he should.