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... Cæsar's reign ; But oh ! if e'er thy thoughts revert to me , Be sure that mine's a life of misery . VII . Dum tibi Cadmeæ . ' HILE Cadmus ' walls , my friend , thy Muse WHILE engage With all the fatal wars that brothers wage , Soon wilt ...
... Cæsar's reign ; But oh ! if e'er thy thoughts revert to me , Be sure that mine's a life of misery . VII . Dum tibi Cadmeæ . ' HILE Cadmus ' walls , my friend , thy Muse WHILE engage With all the fatal wars that brothers wage , Soon wilt ...
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... Cæsar's armèd bands , To fall unhonour'd here by felon hands If o'er the Tuscan wold she haply see Some scatter'd bones , ' tis all she'll find of me . XXII . Qualis et unde genus . MY home , my fortune , and my birth to tell , Thou ask ...
... Cæsar's armèd bands , To fall unhonour'd here by felon hands If o'er the Tuscan wold she haply see Some scatter'd bones , ' tis all she'll find of me . XXII . Qualis et unde genus . MY home , my fortune , and my birth to tell , Thou ask ...
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... Cæsar would I trace , And next to him thy name should find a place ; For whether Pompey's rout engross'd my lay , Or ... Cæsar's story and his lineage high Mocks the weak notes of my poor minstrelsy . Let shepherd , soldier , sailor ...
... Cæsar would I trace , And next to him thy name should find a place ; For whether Pompey's rout engross'd my lay , Or ... Cæsar's story and his lineage high Mocks the weak notes of my poor minstrelsy . Let shepherd , soldier , sailor ...
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... Cæsar's naval war , And Phoebus , wardour of the Actian shore , Or tunes afresh the tale of Troy divine , And walls that shelter'd once Lavinia's line ; Yield then , ye bards of Greece , ye Romans yield , A mightier yet than Homer takes ...
... Cæsar's naval war , And Phoebus , wardour of the Actian shore , Or tunes afresh the tale of Troy divine , And walls that shelter'd once Lavinia's line ; Yield then , ye bards of Greece , ye Romans yield , A mightier yet than Homer takes ...
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... Cæsar's laden chariot sweeps along , The steeds half fretting at th ' applauding throng ; When by the side of her I love so well , O'er names of captured towns I'll fondly dwell , The trouser'd Mede , the bow that wounds from far , And ...
... Cæsar's laden chariot sweeps along , The steeds half fretting at th ' applauding throng ; When by the side of her I love so well , O'er names of captured towns I'll fondly dwell , The trouser'd Mede , the bow that wounds from far , And ...
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