Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 68
... blood of thofe that had encounter'd him : And when the hardieft warriors did retire ; Richard cry'd , Charge ! and give no foot of ground ! And cry d , A crown , or elfe a glorious tomb ! A fceptre , or an earthly fepulchre ! With this ...
... blood of thofe that had encounter'd him : And when the hardieft warriors did retire ; Richard cry'd , Charge ! and give no foot of ground ! And cry d , A crown , or elfe a glorious tomb ! A fceptre , or an earthly fepulchre ! With this ...
Page 69
... blood , Were liken'd oft to kingly fepulchres : For who liv'd king , but I could dig his grave ? And who durit fmile when Warwick bent his brow ? Lo ! now my glory smear'd in dust and blood , My parks , my walks , my manors that I had ...
... blood , Were liken'd oft to kingly fepulchres : For who liv'd king , but I could dig his grave ? And who durit fmile when Warwick bent his brow ? Lo ! now my glory smear'd in dust and blood , My parks , my walks , my manors that I had ...
Page 87
... blood : [ Exeunt lords . Macb . It will have blood , ( they fay ) blood [ fpeak ; Stones have been known to move , and trees to Augurs , that understood relations , have By magpies and by choughs , and rooks , brought The fecret'ft man of ...
... blood : [ Exeunt lords . Macb . It will have blood , ( they fay ) blood [ fpeak ; Stones have been known to move , and trees to Augurs , that understood relations , have By magpies and by choughs , and rooks , brought The fecret'ft man of ...
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