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... LYRE . XXXIII . XXXIV . CROSS PURPOSES RECANTATION . XXXV . To FORTUNE XXXVI . THE RETURN OF NUMIDA XXXVII . THE FALL OF CLEOPATRA . XXXVIII . TO HIS CUP - BEARER 37 38 w w w w w wwwww 33 34 36 BOOK II . I. TO ASINIUS POLLIO . 39 II ...
... LYRE . XXXIII . XXXIV . CROSS PURPOSES RECANTATION . XXXV . To FORTUNE XXXVI . THE RETURN OF NUMIDA XXXVII . THE FALL OF CLEOPATRA . XXXVIII . TO HIS CUP - BEARER 37 38 w w w w w wwwww 33 34 36 BOOK II . I. TO ASINIUS POLLIO . 39 II ...
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... lyre , I cannot sing Achilles ' stubborn ire , Nor false Ulysses ' wandering course , Nor Pelops ' house of cruel force . For me such themes are all too great , I say , And soon my lack of genius would betray ; My timid Muse is far too ...
... lyre , I cannot sing Achilles ' stubborn ire , Nor false Ulysses ' wandering course , Nor Pelops ' house of cruel force . For me such themes are all too great , I say , And soon my lack of genius would betray ; My timid Muse is far too ...
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... lyre . From famine , grievous war , and pestilence , To us and Cæsar he shall bring defence— Your prayers shall drive these woes Away against our foes . XXII . INNOCENCE A SHIELD . He who is blameless 24 Odes of Horace . OF DIANA AND ...
... lyre . From famine , grievous war , and pestilence , To us and Cæsar he shall bring defence— Your prayers shall drive these woes Away against our foes . XXII . INNOCENCE A SHIELD . He who is blameless 24 Odes of Horace . OF DIANA AND ...
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... lyre has given . And so Quintilius is at rest for ever . O Honour , Faith that was corrupted never , Sister of Justice , Truth aye bold to strike , When will ye find his like ? His death to many loving souls brought woe ; On 26 Odes of ...
... lyre has given . And so Quintilius is at rest for ever . O Honour , Faith that was corrupted never , Sister of Justice , Truth aye bold to strike , When will ye find his like ? His death to many loving souls brought woe ; On 26 Odes of ...
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... lyre , the trees obeyed With more enchanting notes than Orpheus made , Its blood would never warm that empty ghost , Which to the gloomy host Stern Mercury , who ne'er reverses fate , Has banished with his awful wand of late . ' Tis ...
... lyre , the trees obeyed With more enchanting notes than Orpheus made , Its blood would never warm that empty ghost , Which to the gloomy host Stern Mercury , who ne'er reverses fate , Has banished with his awful wand of late . ' Tis ...
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