The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper, Volume 17Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1810 - English poetry |
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... arms , on other arts Intent , and still to mercenary hands The sword entrusting , vainly deem'd , that wealth Could purchase lasting safety , and protect Unwarlike Freedom ; hence the Alps in vain Were pass'd , their long impenetrable ...
... arms , on other arts Intent , and still to mercenary hands The sword entrusting , vainly deem'd , that wealth Could purchase lasting safety , and protect Unwarlike Freedom ; hence the Alps in vain Were pass'd , their long impenetrable ...
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... arms ? For thee , remember , is the banner spread ; The naval tower to vindicate thy rights Will sweep the curling foam : the thund'ring bomb Will roar , and startle in the deepest grots Old Nereus ' daughters ; with combustion stor'd ...
... arms ? For thee , remember , is the banner spread ; The naval tower to vindicate thy rights Will sweep the curling foam : the thund'ring bomb Will roar , and startle in the deepest grots Old Nereus ' daughters ; with combustion stor'd ...
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... arms , to Olympic prize in the chariot - race , had increased bid them disperse , and become his friends and the lustre of his country . He went into voluntary allies ; which proposals being received with dis- banishment , and ...
... arms , to Olympic prize in the chariot - race , had increased bid them disperse , and become his friends and the lustre of his country . He went into voluntary allies ; which proposals being received with dis- banishment , and ...
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... arms were folded o'er Her lab'ring bosom , blotted with her tears . As , when a dosky mist involves the sky , The Moon through all the dreary vapours spreads The radiant vesture of her silver light O'er the dull face of Nature ; so the ...
... arms were folded o'er Her lab'ring bosom , blotted with her tears . As , when a dosky mist involves the sky , The Moon through all the dreary vapours spreads The radiant vesture of her silver light O'er the dull face of Nature ; so the ...
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... arms . The shining troop Of warriors press behind him , Maron here With Menalippus warm in flow'ry prime , There ... arm and face the public foe ? " " Good news give wings , " said Alpheus . " Greece is arm'd . The neighb'ring isthmus ...
... arms . The shining troop Of warriors press behind him , Maron here With Menalippus warm in flow'ry prime , There ... arm and face the public foe ? " " Good news give wings , " said Alpheus . " Greece is arm'd . The neighb'ring isthmus ...
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