The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 290
... fate , This hand , and this alone , had fav'd the state . Troy to thy care commends her wand'ring gods ; With these purfue thy fortunes o'er the floods To that proud city , thou fhalt raise at laft , Return'd from wand'ring wide the ...
... fate , This hand , and this alone , had fav'd the state . Troy to thy care commends her wand'ring gods ; With these purfue thy fortunes o'er the floods To that proud city , thou fhalt raise at laft , Return'd from wand'ring wide the ...
Page 303
... fate : This favour if he grant , my death fhall please His cruel foul , and fet us both at ease . Thus pray'd the queen ; the fifter bears in vain . The moving meffage , and returns again . He ftands inflexible to pray'rs and tears ...
... fate : This favour if he grant , my death fhall please His cruel foul , and fet us both at ease . Thus pray'd the queen ; the fifter bears in vain . The moving meffage , and returns again . He ftands inflexible to pray'rs and tears ...
Page 373
... fate , till fhameful life prefer'd By my inglorious colleague left no choice , But what in me were infamy to fhun , Not virtue to accept ? Then deem no more , That of my love regardless , or thy tears , I hafte uncall'd to death . The ...
... fate , till fhameful life prefer'd By my inglorious colleague left no choice , But what in me were infamy to fhun , Not virtue to accept ? Then deem no more , That of my love regardless , or thy tears , I hafte uncall'd to death . The ...
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