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... Late may'st thou make to heaven thy way , And long among thy people stay ; Nor let our crimes excuse supply For winds to waft thee to the sky . Here rather may'st thou fame pursue , Our father and our ruler too : And let no Mede ...
... Late may'st thou make to heaven thy way , And long among thy people stay ; Nor let our crimes excuse supply For winds to waft thee to the sky . Here rather may'st thou fame pursue , Our father and our ruler too : And let no Mede ...
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... late . ' Tis hard ; but patience teaches to endure The ill we may not cure . XXVI . TO THE MUSE . I'll make all gloomy thought and fear A present to the wind , Afar o'er Cretan seas to bear- The Muse to me is kind . I care not now a ...
... late . ' Tis hard ; but patience teaches to endure The ill we may not cure . XXVI . TO THE MUSE . I'll make all gloomy thought and fear A present to the wind , Afar o'er Cretan seas to bear- The Muse to me is kind . I care not now a ...
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... late , of my senses bereft ; But now they compel me my vessel to veer And sail o'er the course that I left . For Jove , who I thought never flashes on high His bolt with no storms in the heaven . His thundering horses and car through a ...
... late , of my senses bereft ; But now they compel me my vessel to veer And sail o'er the course that I left . For Jove , who I thought never flashes on high His bolt with no storms in the heaven . His thundering horses and car through a ...
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... late The last rose of summer is growing . Don't worry yourself to plain myrtle to add , For myrtle is pleasant to twine ; And becomes you a servant , and me , my good lad , As I sit and drink under my vine . 39 BOOK II . I. TO ASINIUS ...
... late The last rose of summer is growing . Don't worry yourself to plain myrtle to add , For myrtle is pleasant to twine ; And becomes you a servant , and me , my good lad , As I sit and drink under my vine . 39 BOOK II . I. TO ASINIUS ...
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... late , And at the dawn of day . But Nestor did not aye bedew With tears his favourite's urn ; And parents ceased , and sisters too , Young Troilus to mourn . Then cease unmanly grief awhile , And celebrate with me Our mighty Cæsar's ...
... late , And at the dawn of day . But Nestor did not aye bedew With tears his favourite's urn ; And parents ceased , and sisters too , Young Troilus to mourn . Then cease unmanly grief awhile , And celebrate with me Our mighty Cæsar's ...
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