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... grace , Lithe of limb and tight of sinew , And with eager forward face . First to run the race with racers , First to mount the restive steed , First to chase the stag fleet - footed O'er the hills with flying speed . Nor in feats of ...
... grace , Lithe of limb and tight of sinew , And with eager forward face . First to run the race with racers , First to mount the restive steed , First to chase the stag fleet - footed O'er the hills with flying speed . Nor in feats of ...
Page 39
... grace to Neptune There he sacrificed a bull . Westward then with work accomplished , Through a wide unwatered waste , Through thy burning sands , Gedrosia , Back his stout - souled march he traced ; Back to Babylon . There the nations ...
... grace to Neptune There he sacrificed a bull . Westward then with work accomplished , Through a wide unwatered waste , Through thy burning sands , Gedrosia , Back his stout - souled march he traced ; Back to Babylon . There the nations ...
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... grace of fixed abodes , Roman towns and Roman villas , Roman camps and Roman roads . Ten years ' toil have born such fruitage ; From Britannia's cloudy home To blue Rhone , all breathe with safety ' Neath the sheltering wing of Rome ...
... grace of fixed abodes , Roman towns and Roman villas , Roman camps and Roman roads . Ten years ' toil have born such fruitage ; From Britannia's cloudy home To blue Rhone , all breathe with safety ' Neath the sheltering wing of Rome ...
Page 59
... of God's love to bear To distant shores . And first to Cyprus , Where the foam - born Paphian queen Turned to shame the grace of beauty With unholy rites obscene . There the high - souled Hebrew preacher Swayed the wise ST PAUL . 59.
... of God's love to bear To distant shores . And first to Cyprus , Where the foam - born Paphian queen Turned to shame the grace of beauty With unholy rites obscene . There the high - souled Hebrew preacher Swayed the wise ST PAUL . 59.
Page 77
... grace ; But brawls and battles , feuds and factions , Swayed the old untempered race Then , when Phelim's son far - venturing From the wooded hill of Derry , Through the foamy Loch Foyle waters Northward sailed in wicker wherry . For a ...
... grace ; But brawls and battles , feuds and factions , Swayed the old untempered race Then , when Phelim's son far - venturing From the wooded hill of Derry , Through the foamy Loch Foyle waters Northward sailed in wicker wherry . For a ...
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