The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 pages |
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... Gaul beholds with secret dread Her thunder aimed at his aspiring head , And fain her godlike sons would disunite By foreign gold , or by domestic spite ; But strives in vain to conquer or divide , Whom Nassau's arms defend and counsels ...
... Gaul beholds with secret dread Her thunder aimed at his aspiring head , And fain her godlike sons would disunite By foreign gold , or by domestic spite ; But strives in vain to conquer or divide , Whom Nassau's arms defend and counsels ...
Page 42
... Gaul beheld , with towering pride , His ancient bounds enlarged on every side , Pirene's lofty barriers were subdued , And in the midst of his wide empire stood ; ' The execution of this poem is better than the plan . Indeed the sub ...
... Gaul beheld , with towering pride , His ancient bounds enlarged on every side , Pirene's lofty barriers were subdued , And in the midst of his wide empire stood ; ' The execution of this poem is better than the plan . Indeed the sub ...
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... Gaul ; But now a purchase to the sword she lies , Her harvests for uncertain owners rise , Each vineyard doubtful of its master grows , And to the victor's bowl each vintage flows . The discontented shades of slaughtered hosts , That ...
... Gaul ; But now a purchase to the sword she lies , Her harvests for uncertain owners rise , Each vineyard doubtful of its master grows , And to the victor's bowl each vintage flows . The discontented shades of slaughtered hosts , That ...
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... Gaul Shares thy destruction , and adorns thy fall . Unbounded courage and compassion joined , Tempering each other in the victor's mind , Alternately proclaim him good and great , And make the hero and the man complete . Long did he ...
... Gaul Shares thy destruction , and adorns thy fall . Unbounded courage and compassion joined , Tempering each other in the victor's mind , Alternately proclaim him good and great , And make the hero and the man complete . Long did he ...
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... Gaul , with wild affright , Beholds the various havoc of the fight ; His waving banners , that so oft had stood , Planted in fields of death , and streams of blood , 1 Laughs at the shaking of the British spear . ] The Book of Job furn ...
... Gaul , with wild affright , Beholds the various havoc of the fight ; His waving banners , that so oft had stood , Planted in fields of death , and streams of blood , 1 Laughs at the shaking of the British spear . ] The Book of Job furn ...
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Addison Æneid ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appear arms atque beautiful Cæsar Campania Cato Cato's charms church Claudian coins Commodus death DRYDEN emperor eyes fancy fate fear figure fire friends Gaul Georgic give goddess gods grace grief hand head heart heaven honour inscription Italy Jove JUBA Julius Cæsar kind king lake look Lucia Lucius Verus marble Marcia Marcus Marcus Aurelius medals mighty mountains muse Naples nature nymph o'er old Roman Ovid Pentheus poets Portius prince quæ QUEEN rage rise river rocks Rome round ruins S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander SCENE Sempronius shade shine side sight Silius Italicus SIR TR soul stands statues SYPH Syphax tears tell Teverone thee thou thought town Trajan turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue Whilst whole winds youth