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... er cruel seas to pass . Contending winds ne'er shook his soul , Not e'en the South - West dire , Who rules the wave with strong control , And wakes or calms its ire . What kind of death would daunt his breast Who saw , and felt no shock ...
... er cruel seas to pass . Contending winds ne'er shook his soul , Not e'en the South - West dire , Who rules the wave with strong control , And wakes or calms its ire . What kind of death would daunt his breast Who saw , and felt no shock ...
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... ne'er will suit my 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 ...
... ne'er will suit my 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 ...
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... er the sea we'll sail again . ' VIII . TO LYDIA . Lydia , by all the gods besought , What is it you are doing ? Why has your love so quickly brought Young Sybaris to ruin ? Why shuns he now the sunny field Who ne'er to dust or heat ...
... er the sea we'll sail again . ' VIII . TO LYDIA . Lydia , by all the gods besought , What is it you are doing ? Why has your love so quickly brought Young Sybaris to ruin ? Why shuns he now the sunny field Who ne'er to dust or heat ...
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... ne'er wrenched away , And ne'er will cease before they die . XIV . TO THE REPUBLIC . ( AN ALLEGORY . 16 Odes of Horace . TO LYDIA.
... ne'er wrenched away , And ne'er will cease before they die . XIV . TO THE REPUBLIC . ( AN ALLEGORY . 16 Odes of Horace . TO LYDIA.
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... ne'er A tree feels cooling gales ; Place me where clouds their storms prepare , And angry Jove prevails . Place me in lands from dwellings free , Where suns most fiercely beat , And still I'll love my Lalage , Her voice and laughter ...
... ne'er A tree feels cooling gales ; Place me where clouds their storms prepare , And angry Jove prevails . Place me in lands from dwellings free , Where suns most fiercely beat , And still I'll love my Lalage , Her voice and laughter ...
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