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... BACCHUS XX . ON HIS FUTURE FAME PAGE 58 59 ཌས 61 62 BOOK III . I. THE BLESSINGS OF CONTENT 64 II . THE PRAISE OF WORTH AND VALOUR 66 III . THE FALL OF TROY AND RISE OF ROME 68 IV . TO CALLIOPE 72 · V. THE DOOM OF REGULUS 75 VI . TO THE ...
... BACCHUS XX . ON HIS FUTURE FAME PAGE 58 59 ཌས 61 62 BOOK III . I. THE BLESSINGS OF CONTENT 64 II . THE PRAISE OF WORTH AND VALOUR 66 III . THE FALL OF TROY AND RISE OF ROME 68 IV . TO CALLIOPE 72 · V. THE DOOM OF REGULUS 75 VI . TO THE ...
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... Bacchus , or the Delphic shrine , Or Tempe's valleys , others deem divine . Some sing the towers of virgin Pallas fair , And think no wreath with olive can compare . Mycenae many , Juno's grace to gain , Will praise , and Argos , that ...
... Bacchus , or the Delphic shrine , Or Tempe's valleys , others deem divine . Some sing the towers of virgin Pallas fair , And think no wreath with olive can compare . Mycenae many , Juno's grace to gain , Will praise , and Argos , that ...
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... Bacchus , once proved in battle bold : Nor hers of savage beasts the foe ; Nor his , the god with dreaded bow . I'll sing of Hercules's might , And Leda's twins - one famed in fight , And one for chariot skill - bright signs : Soon as ...
... Bacchus , once proved in battle bold : Nor hers of savage beasts the foe ; Nor his , the god with dreaded bow . I'll sing of Hercules's might , And Leda's twins - one famed in fight , And one for chariot skill - bright signs : Soon as ...
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... , Possessing priestly souls , Bacchus nor Corybant thou'lt find Works so like madness on the mind As wrath which none controls . Anger will face the sharpest sword And dare the stormiest C 2 Book I. 19 THE RECANTATION.
... , Possessing priestly souls , Bacchus nor Corybant thou'lt find Works so like madness on the mind As wrath which none controls . Anger will face the sharpest sword And dare the stormiest C 2 Book I. 19 THE RECANTATION.
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... Both for one lover jealous . Here cups of Lesbian wine you'll drain Beneath a shady tree : Bacchus and Mars shall rage restrain , Nor break our harmony . Nor need you wanton Cyrus fear , He shall his Book I. 21 TO TYNDARIS.
... Both for one lover jealous . Here cups of Lesbian wine you'll drain Beneath a shady tree : Bacchus and Mars shall rage restrain , Nor break our harmony . Nor need you wanton Cyrus fear , He shall his Book I. 21 TO TYNDARIS.
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