Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of Youth, in Speaking, Reading, Thinking, Composing; and in the Conduct of Life; Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Prose, Volume 2C. Dilly, 1791 - English poetry |
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Page 52
... Arms . Bel . Look , here he comes , And brings the dire occafion in his arms , Of what we blam'd him for ! Arv . The bird is dead That we have made so much on . I had rather Have skipt from fixteen years of age , to fixty ; To have turn ...
... Arms . Bel . Look , here he comes , And brings the dire occafion in his arms , Of what we blam'd him for ! Arv . The bird is dead That we have made so much on . I had rather Have skipt from fixteen years of age , to fixty ; To have turn ...
Page 134
... arms , Hip . Die to fave me ! could I outlive Iimena ? Im . Yes , you'd outlive her in your Phædra's [ fure ! And may you there find ev'ry blooming plea- Oh , may the gods fhow'r bleffings on thy head ! May the gods crown thy glorious arms ...
... arms , Hip . Die to fave me ! could I outlive Iimena ? Im . Yes , you'd outlive her in your Phædra's [ fure ! And may you there find ev'ry blooming plea- Oh , may the gods fhow'r bleffings on thy head ! May the gods crown thy glorious arms ...
Page 136
... arms ? Ev'n in his arms to hold an infant Pallas , And be upbraided with his grandfire's fate . O barbarous youth ! Lyc . Too barbarous , I fear . [ Distant fbout . Perhaps e'en now his faction ' s up in arms , Since waving crowds roll ...
... arms ? Ev'n in his arms to hold an infant Pallas , And be upbraided with his grandfire's fate . O barbarous youth ! Lyc . Too barbarous , I fear . [ Distant fbout . Perhaps e'en now his faction ' s up in arms , Since waving crowds roll ...
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