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... Theseus at these funerals did assist , And with. " Thou who hast taught me to forgive the ill , And recompense as friends the good misled ; If mercy be a precept of thy will , Return that mercy on thy servant's head . " Or if my heedless ...
... Theseus at these funerals did assist , And with. " Thou who hast taught me to forgive the ill , And recompense as friends the good misled ; If mercy be a precept of thy will , Return that mercy on thy servant's head . " Or if my heedless ...
Page 162
... Theseus was his name : A chief , who more in feats of arms excell'd , The rising nor the setting Sun beheld . Of Athens he was lord ; much land he won , And added foreign countries to his crown . In Scythia with the warrior queen he ...
... Theseus was his name : A chief , who more in feats of arms excell'd , The rising nor the setting Sun beheld . Of Athens he was lord ; much land he won , And added foreign countries to his crown . In Scythia with the warrior queen he ...
Page 163
... Theseus ' tent : Whom , known of Creon's line , and cur'd with care , He to his city sent as prisoners of the war , Hopeless of ransom , and condemn'd to lie In durance , doom'd a lingering death to die . This done , he march'd away ...
... Theseus ' tent : Whom , known of Creon's line , and cur'd with care , He to his city sent as prisoners of the war , Hopeless of ransom , and condemn'd to lie In durance , doom'd a lingering death to die . This done , he march'd away ...
Page 164
... Theseus , his familiar friend ; Their love in early infancy began , And rose as childhood ripen'd into man : Companions of the war , and lov'd so well , That when one died , as ancient stories tell , His fellow to redeem him went to ...
... Theseus , his familiar friend ; Their love in early infancy began , And rose as childhood ripen'd into man : Companions of the war , and lov'd so well , That when one died , as ancient stories tell , His fellow to redeem him went to ...
Page 166
... Theseus ' person he was ever near ; And Theseus for his virtues held him dear . And snor'd secure till morn , his senses bound In slumber , and in long oblivion drown'd . Short was the night , and careful Palamon Sought the next covert ...
... Theseus ' person he was ever near ; And Theseus for his virtues held him dear . And snor'd secure till morn , his senses bound In slumber , and in long oblivion drown'd . Short was the night , and careful Palamon Sought the next covert ...
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