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" To such a tempest as now threatens all, Did not your mighty arm prevent the fall. If Rome's great senate could not wield that sword, Which of the conquer'd world had made them lord ; What hope had ours, while yet their power was new, To rule victorious... "
The Works of Edmund Waller, Esq: In Verse and Prose - Page 108
by Edmund Waller - 1768 - 272 pages
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Poems on Affairs of State from the Time of Oliver Cromwell to the ..., Volume 1

English poetry - 1703 - 864 pages
...them Lord, What hope hadours,while yet their Power was new, To rule victorious Armies, bnt by yon ? You that had taught them to fubdue their Foes, Could Order teach, and all their Hearts compofe j To every Duty could their Minds engage, Provoke their Courage, and command...
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A New Collection of Poems Relating to State Affairs, from Oliver Cromwel to ...

English poetry - 1705 - 620 pages
...all, Did not your mighty Arm prevent the fall. If Rome's great Senate could not wield the Sword, . Which of the conquer'd World had made them Lord, What hope had ours, while yet their Power was new, To rule victorious Armies, but by you ? .You that had taught them to fubdue their Foes,...
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Miscellany Poems: Containing Variety of New Translations of the ..., Volume 1

John Dryden - Classical poetry - 1716 - 424 pages
...mighty Arm prevent the Fall. If Keme's great Senare cou'd not wield that Sword Which of the ConquerM World had made them Lord, What Hope had ours, while...rule victorious Armies, but by you ! You, that had raught them to fubdue their Foes,. Cou'd Order reach, and their high Sp'rirs corr.pofe r To ev'ry Dury...
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Poems, &c. Written Upon Several Occasions, and to Several Persons

Edmund Waller - 1722 - 364 pages
...threatens all, Did not your mighty Arm prevent the Fall. If Rome's great Senate could not wield that Sword Which of the Conquer'd World had made them Lord, What...Hope had ours, while yet their Pow'r was new, To rule \iicT;orious Annies, but by you? You, that had taught them to fubdue their Foes, Cou'd Order teach,...
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The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, to the Time ..., Volume 2

Robert Shiells - 1753 - 366 pages
...all, Did not your mighty arm prevent the fall. „ If Rome's great fenatecou'd not wield that fword Which of the conquer'd world had made them lord, What hope had our's, while yet their pow'r was new, To rule viftorious armies, but by you ? You, that had taught...
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A Short Critical Review of the Political Life of Oliver Cromwell: Lord ...

John Bancks - 1760 - 330 pages
...prevent the fall. If Rome's great lenate could not wield the fword, Which of the conquer'd world has made them lord ; What hope had ours, while yet their pow'r was new, To rule viftorious armies, but by you ? You, who tad taught them to fubdue their foes, Could order teach, and...
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The Works of the English Poets, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 348 pages
...conqusr'd world had made them Lord j What hope had ours, while yet their power was new, To rule viftorious armies, but by you } You ! that had taught them to...their foes, Could order teach, and their high fpirits compote : To every duty could their minds engage, Provoke their courage, and command their rage. So,...
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The Works of the English Poets: Waller

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 276 pages
...them Lord 5 What hope had ours, while yet their power was new, To rule victorious armies, but by you ? You! You ! that had taught them to fubdue their foes,...Could order teach, and their high fpirits compofe ; To every duty could their minds engage, Provoke their courage, and command their rage. So, when a lion...
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The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and ..., Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 274 pages
...What hope had ours, while yet their power was new, To rule vi&orious armies, but by you f ' 'i • You ! that had taught them to fubdue their foes, Could order teach, and their high fpirits compofe : To every duty could their minds engage, Provoke their courage, and command their rage. So, when a lion...
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The Works of the English Poets: Waller

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 346 pages
...threatens all, Did not your mighty arm prevent the fall. If Rome's great fenata could not wield that fword, Which of the conquer'd world had made them Lord ; What hope had ours, while yet their power was new, To rule victorious armies, but by you ? i4o WALLER'S POEMS. You ! that had taught them...
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