 Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer thro' the camp to go, And rob a fubject, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and bafe ! 305 Sent in Jove's anger on a flavifh...  The Iliad of Homer - Page 12by Homer - 1769Full view - About this book
 | Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...courage appears in this way of fervice, each nan being in a manner fingled out to the proof of it. £«' 'Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look on, and bid the Valiant dye. So much 'tis fafer thro' the camp to go, And rob a fubjeft, then defpoil a foe. 3 O J Scourge... | |
 | Homerus - 1756 - 348 pages
...! Whet When wert thou known in ambufh'd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 *Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try. Thine...look on, and bid the Valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a fubjeft, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of. thy people, violent and... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 462 pages
...deer ! "When w«rt thou known in ambufh'd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 309 "Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine...look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a fubjecl, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and bafe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 396 pages
...deer ! When wert thou known in ambuftVd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 30* 'Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine...look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a-fubjeft, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and bafe... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 398 pages
...ambu(h'd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 3*9 'Tis ours, the chance of righting fields to try, Thine to look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a (ubjeft, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and bafe... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 392 pages
...deer! When wert thou known in ambufh'd fights to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 300 'Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine...look on, and bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a fubjecl, than defpoil a foe. Scourge of thy people, violent and bafe!... | |
 | 1792 - 918 pages
...deer ! When wert thou knovrn in ambulli'd fighi» to dare, Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? . 'Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look on, and bid the vi'iant die. So much 'tis fafcr through the camp to go, And rob a fubjeil, than defpoil a foe. Scourge... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...a deer ! When wert thou known in ambulh'd fights to daí*¿ Or nobly face the horrid front of war ? 'Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look on, und bid the valiant die. So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a fubject, than defpoil... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 508 pages
...Olympus file», And jo'ns the facred fenate of the ikies. Command rhy paffions, and the Gods obey. 'Tis ours, the chance of fighting fields to try, Thine to look en, and bid the vaKant die, So much 'tis fafer through the camp to go, And rob a fuHjeci, than defpoila... | |
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