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... rule alone . Saul pursued the people's darling With keen hatred's heavy stress , From rock to rock , from cave to cave , Of the houseless wilderness , Like a hunted thing . He wandered , From all bonds of fealty free , Till the hour to ...
... rule alone . Saul pursued the people's darling With keen hatred's heavy stress , From rock to rock , from cave to cave , Of the houseless wilderness , Like a hunted thing . He wandered , From all bonds of fealty free , Till the hour to ...
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... , Where the Coptic waters roll , By the lake of Mareotis , By old Pharos ' rocky isle , There to found a mighty city Where the Greek should rule the Nile , C And he marked it out with omens , Bravely streeted ALEXANDER . 3332.
... , Where the Coptic waters roll , By the lake of Mareotis , By old Pharos ' rocky isle , There to found a mighty city Where the Greek should rule the Nile , C And he marked it out with omens , Bravely streeted ALEXANDER . 3332.
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... rule , And with grateful 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 ...
... rule , And with grateful 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 ...
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... rule , Step by step with measured boldness , Wise to wait the ripening hour , Quick to seize the breeze of favour , Up the strong man clomb to power . Fluent talkers in the forum Sway the passion of the hour ; But when Fate will seal ...
... rule , Step by step with measured boldness , Wise to wait the ripening hour , Quick to seize the breeze of favour , Up the strong man clomb to power . Fluent talkers in the forum Sway the passion of the hour ; But when Fate will seal ...
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... rule . He had seen its foremost spokesman With a death of heavy stoning , For his rude - mouthed contradiction , Give the Law its due atoning . And he vowed with words of fiery Vengeance , and with purpose fell , In the holy city's ...
... rule . He had seen its foremost spokesman With a death of heavy stoning , For his rude - mouthed contradiction , Give the Law its due atoning . And he vowed with words of fiery Vengeance , and with purpose fell , In the holy city's ...
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