The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 33Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1823 - English poetry |
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... brother to the queen of Leonidas , returns with the oracle ; which denounces ruin to the Lacedæmonians unless one of their kings lays down his life for the public . Leonidas offers himself for the victim . Three hundred more are ...
... brother to the queen of Leonidas , returns with the oracle ; which denounces ruin to the Lacedæmonians unless one of their kings lays down his life for the public . Leonidas offers himself for the victim . Three hundred more are ...
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... brother ! " From their seats they start : From either breaks , in ecstacy , the name Of Polydorus ! To his dear ... brother's hand , Which in his own the regal hero press'd . Still Polydorus on his gloomy front Repugnance stern to ...
... brother ! " From their seats they start : From either breaks , in ecstacy , the name Of Polydorus ! To his dear ... brother's hand , Which in his own the regal hero press'd . Still Polydorus on his gloomy front Repugnance stern to ...
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... Brother dear , I should have sighs to give thee - but farewell ! My country chides me , loitering in thy arms . " This said he darts along , nor looks behind , When Polydorus answers- " Alpheus , no ! I have the marks of bondage to ...
... Brother dear , I should have sighs to give thee - but farewell ! My country chides me , loitering in thy arms . " This said he darts along , nor looks behind , When Polydorus answers- " Alpheus , no ! I have the marks of bondage to ...
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Abrocomes Agis Alpheus Amphistreus Anaxander ancient Artuchus Asia's awhile band Barbarians bard battle battle of Dettingen Behold Beneath blast bleeds blow bosom brave breast brow buckler chief clouds darts death Demaratus Demophilus Dieneces Diomedon Dithyrambus dreadful dreary earth eternal Eurus Ev'n falchion fame fate floods forehead FRIEND glory goddess graces Grecian Greece groan hail hath head heart heaven hero honours horrors Hydarnes Hyperanthes immortal javelin Jaxartes labour Laconia's king lance laurels Leonidas limbs mace Medon Megistias Muse Mycon Newton night numbers o'er Oïleus pass'd Persian Phocian Phraortes POET Polydorus ponderous praise pride rage rear'd renown resistless rock round Sacian sacred hand sage satraps scatter'd seat shade shalt shield shore skies smiles Sosarmes soul Spartan spear splendours spread streams stretch'd swift sword terror thee Thermopyla Thespia's thou thought throne tide toil trembling valour virtue waves wind wounds Xerxes XXXIII yields