Original poems by John Dryden, Esq, Volume 3Kincaid, 1773 |
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... Theban government . Time fhall accomplish that ; and I fhall fee A Palamon in him , in you an Emily . Already have the Fates your path prepar'd , And fure prefage your future fway declar'd : When westard , like the fun , you took your ...
... Theban government . Time fhall accomplish that ; and I fhall fee A Palamon in him , in you an Emily . Already have the Fates your path prepar'd , And fure prefage your future fway declar'd : When westard , like the fun , you took your ...
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... other fortune seen , The wife of Capaneus , and once a Queen : At Thebes he fell ; curs'd be the fatal day ! And all the rest thou feeft in this array , VOL . III . D To make their moan , their lords in battle loft Book I. ST AND ARCITE .
... other fortune seen , The wife of Capaneus , and once a Queen : At Thebes he fell ; curs'd be the fatal day ! And all the rest thou feeft in this array , VOL . III . D To make their moan , their lords in battle loft Book I. ST AND ARCITE .
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... Theban city , and ufurps the lands , Denies the rites of fun'ral fires to thofe Whose breathless bodies yet he calls his foes . Unburn'd , unbury'd , on a heap they lie : Such is their fate , and fuch his tyranny ; No friend has leave ...
... Theban city , and ufurps the lands , Denies the rites of fun'ral fires to thofe Whose breathless bodies yet he calls his foes . Unburn'd , unbury'd , on a heap they lie : Such is their fate , and fuch his tyranny ; No friend has leave ...
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... Thebes , he pitch'd upon the plain His mighty camp , and when the day return'd , The country wafted , and the hamlets burn'd ; And left the pillagers , to rapine bred , Without controul to ftrip and spoil the dead . There , in a heap of ...
... Thebes , he pitch'd upon the plain His mighty camp , and when the day return'd , The country wafted , and the hamlets burn'd ; And left the pillagers , to rapine bred , Without controul to ftrip and spoil the dead . There , in a heap of ...
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... Theban race , Opprefs'd by tyrant pow'r ! While yet he spoke , Arcite on Emily had fix'd his look ; The fatal dart a ready paffage found , And deep within his heart infix'd the wound : So that if l'alamon were wounded fore , Arcite was ...
... Theban race , Opprefs'd by tyrant pow'r ! While yet he spoke , Arcite on Emily had fix'd his look ; The fatal dart a ready paffage found , And deep within his heart infix'd the wound : So that if l'alamon were wounded fore , Arcite was ...
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