The Works of the English Poets: Dryden's VirgilH. Hughs, 1779 - English poetry |
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... shall we fix , where fhall our labours end , Whom shall we follow , and what fate attend ? B 3 Let Let not my prayers a doubtful answer find , But ENEIS . 5 BOOK III .
... shall we fix , where fhall our labours end , Whom shall we follow , and what fate attend ? B 3 Let Let not my prayers a doubtful answer find , But ENEIS . 5 BOOK III .
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... shall reign , And childrens children fhall the crown fuftain . Thus Phoebus did our future fates difclofe :. A mighty tumult , mix'd with joy , arofe . All are concern'd to know what place the god : 135- Affign'd , and where determin'd ...
... shall reign , And childrens children fhall the crown fuftain . Thus Phoebus did our future fates difclofe :. A mighty tumult , mix'd with joy , arofe . All are concern'd to know what place the god : 135- Affign'd , and where determin'd ...
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... shall reign . Thou mighty walls for mighty nations build ; Nor let thy weary mind to labours yield : But change thy feat ; for not the Delian god , Nor we , have giv'n thee Crete for our abode . A land there is , Hefperia call'd of old ...
... shall reign . Thou mighty walls for mighty nations build ; Nor let thy weary mind to labours yield : But change thy feat ; for not the Delian god , Nor we , have giv'n thee Crete for our abode . A land there is , Hefperia call'd of old ...
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... shall be free , And you fhall fafe defcend on Italy . Arriv'd at Cumæ , when you view the flood Of black Avernus , and the founding wood , The mad prophetic fibyl you shall find , Dark in a cave , and on a rock reclin'd . She fings the ...
... shall be free , And you fhall fafe defcend on Italy . Arriv'd at Cumæ , when you view the flood Of black Avernus , and the founding wood , The mad prophetic fibyl you shall find , Dark in a cave , and on a rock reclin'd . She fings the ...
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Samuel Johnson. ; 590 She shall direct thy courfe ; inftruct thy mind And teach thee how the happy fhores to find . This is what heaven allows me to relate : Now part in peace ; pursue thy better fate , And raife , by ftrength of arms ...
Samuel Johnson. ; 590 She shall direct thy courfe ; inftruct thy mind And teach thee how the happy fhores to find . This is what heaven allows me to relate : Now part in peace ; pursue thy better fate , And raife , by ftrength of arms ...
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Æneas Afcanius againſt Anchifes arms bear blood breaſt caft coaft command courſe crown'd dart death defcends Dido Euryalus eyes facred fafe faid fame fatal fate Faunus fear fecond fecret fecure feek feiz'd fent feven fhades fhall fhining fhips fhore fide fields fight fire firft firſt fix'd fkies flain flame fleep flew flood foes fome forc'd fought foul fpear ftands ftill fuch fury fword ghoſt gods ground gueſt hafte hand head heaven Helenus himſelf Jove Juno king labour laft land laſt Latian Latium lefs limbs Mezentius mighty mix'd Nifus night o'er oars paffage Pallas Phrygian plain prince promis'd purſue queen race rage reft reſt rifing rites Rutulian ſaid ſea ſhakes ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſkies ſky ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteel ſtood thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thrice trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tyrian whofe whoſe winds wood youth
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Page 247 - Tagus. forc'd the way. And in the brainpan warmly buried lay. Fierce Volscens foams with rage, and, gazing round, Descried not him who gave the fatal wound, Nor knew to fix revenge: 'But thou,' he cries, 'Shalt pay for both,' and at the pris'ner flies With his drawn sword.
Page 148 - Nysa's top descending on the plains, With curling vines around his purple reins. And doubt we yet through dangers to pursue The paths of honour, and a crown in view?
Page 106 - Thus having arm'd with hopes her anxious mind, His finny team Saturnian Neptune join'd, Then adds the foamy bridle to their jaws, And to the loosen'd reins permits the laws.
Page 212 - On their eternal anvils here he found The brethren beating, and the blows go round; A load of pointless thunder now there lies Before their hands, to ripen for the skies: These darts, for angry Jove, they daily cast — Consumed on mortals with prodigious waste.
Page 122 - O'er whose unhappy waters, void of light, No bird presumes to steer his airy flight ; Such deadly stenches from the depth arise, And steaming sulphur, that infects the skies.
Page 156 - The Trojan, from the main, beheld a wood, Which thick with shades, and a brown horror, stood : Betwixt the trees the Tiber took his course, With whirlpools dimpled ; and, with downward force, That drove the sand along, he took his way, And roll'd his yellow billows to the sea. About him, and above, and round the wood, The birds that haunt the borders of his flood, That bath'd within, or bask'd upon his side, To tuneful songs their narrow throats apply'd. The captain gives command : the joyful train...
Page 60 - Twas dead of night, when weary bodies close Their eyes in balmy sleep, and soft repose: The winds no longer whisper through the woods, Nor murm'ring tides disturb the gentle floods.
Page 255 - In glitt'ring armor and a purple vest, (Fair was his face, his eyes inspiring love,) Bred by his father in the Martian grove, Where the fat altars of Palicus flame, And sent in arms to purchase early fame.
Page 215 - O ye gods, replace On his own head, and on his impious race! The living and the dead at his command Were coupled, face to face, and hand to hand, Till, chok'd with stench, in loath'd embraces tied, The ling'ring wretches pin'd away and died.
Page 297 - And give him to his aged father's sight. Now let him perish, since you hold it good, And glut the Trojans with his pious blood. Yet from our lineage he derives his name, And, in the fourth degree, from god Pilumnus came; Yet he devoutly pays you rites divine, And offers daily incense at your shrine.