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... sword , With a linen ephod girded , Danced the king before the Lord ; Danced with lusty beat , not recking , In the stoutness of his cheer , How solemn fools and dainty maids Might curve their lofty lips and jeer . What remained ...
... sword , With a linen ephod girded , Danced the king before the Lord ; Danced with lusty beat , not recking , In the stoutness of his cheer , How solemn fools and dainty maids Might curve their lofty lips and jeer . What remained ...
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... sword . Onward by the steep sea - ladders Where Pamphylia's tideful wave Timed its swell to leave free passage To the footsteps of the brave . Onward where high - ridged Amanus Towered o'er Issus ' widespread waters , Where Damascus ...
... sword . Onward by the steep sea - ladders Where Pamphylia's tideful wave Timed its swell to leave free passage To the footsteps of the brave . Onward where high - ridged Amanus Towered o'er Issus ' widespread waters , Where Damascus ...
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... swords Gave strength to stand or right to 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 ...
... swords Gave strength to stand or right to 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 ...
Page 43
... sword and strong decree , O'er the Lusitanian mountains Pushed the Empire to the sea . Now he'll lot the land to tillers , Strangle violence with law , Drag to public reprobation Grasping hand and greedy maw . Laws for peace : but ...
... sword and strong decree , O'er the Lusitanian mountains Pushed the Empire to the sea . Now he'll lot the land to tillers , Strangle violence with law , Drag to public reprobation Grasping hand and greedy maw . Laws for peace : but ...
Page 44
... sword and sentence Tame the rude hordes of the North . Nevermore shall Teut or Cimber , Nursed in Hyperborean snows ... swords . At Bibracte CESAR Smote them , And in fine short 44 A SONG OF HEROES .
... sword and sentence Tame the rude hordes of the North . Nevermore shall Teut or Cimber , Nursed in Hyperborean snows ... swords . At Bibracte CESAR Smote them , And in fine short 44 A SONG OF HEROES .
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