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... his might defied ; But with heart that never fainted , O'er its haughty - crested tide He flung a highway . Tyre submissive Bowed her neck : stout Gaza yields , And hoary - centuried Egypt welcomed To her broad sweet 32 A SONG OF HEROES .
... his might defied ; But with heart that never fainted , O'er its haughty - crested tide He flung a highway . Tyre submissive Bowed her neck : stout Gaza yields , And hoary - centuried Egypt welcomed To her broad sweet 32 A SONG OF HEROES .
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... stout son of Alcmena Three times dared , and three times failed . Him the fort of Dionysus , Nysa , praised by the Hindoo , With its wreaths of cooling ivy , And its groves of laurel , knew . On the banks of the Hydaspes Porus stood ...
... stout son of Alcmena Three times dared , and three times failed . Him the fort of Dionysus , Nysa , praised by the Hindoo , With its wreaths of cooling ivy , And its groves of laurel , knew . On the banks of the Hydaspes Porus stood ...
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... stout - souled march he traced ; Back to Babylon . There the nations , In the garb of gladness dressed , Sent their missioned chiefs to greet him Umpire of the East and West . But the gods would have him . Grandly What he proudly sought ...
... stout - souled march he traced ; Back to Babylon . There the nations , In the garb of gladness dressed , Sent their missioned chiefs to greet him Umpire of the East and West . But the gods would have him . Grandly What he proudly sought ...
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... stout - thewed Nervii , Sober water - drinking men , On the banks of Meuse and Sambre Bowed the neck to CÆSAR then . Suevi , clad with coats of deer - skin , Match for the immortal gods , Felt that more than gods were near them , Where ...
... stout - thewed Nervii , Sober water - drinking men , On the banks of Meuse and Sambre Bowed the neck to CÆSAR then . Suevi , clad with coats of deer - skin , Match for the immortal gods , Felt that more than gods were near them , Where ...
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... stout CESAR'S hard - faced veterans Mowed like swathes of bending corn . Whither now ? Not yet hath CÆSAR'S Foot adventurous reached the Nile ; There , from sacred seats , on Pompey Frowning Fate might learn to smile . Pompey deemed but ...
... stout CESAR'S hard - faced veterans Mowed like swathes of bending corn . Whither now ? Not yet hath CÆSAR'S Foot adventurous reached the Nile ; There , from sacred seats , on Pompey Frowning Fate might learn to smile . Pompey deemed but ...
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