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... fainting band , Sunk is each heart , and weaken'd ev'ry hand . But while the British Chief his troops led on To pluck those laurels which their arms had won , Some winged fate his mighty bosom tore , And low to earth the gallant Warrior ...
... fainting band , Sunk is each heart , and weaken'd ev'ry hand . But while the British Chief his troops led on To pluck those laurels which their arms had won , Some winged fate his mighty bosom tore , And low to earth the gallant Warrior ...
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... faint murmur sigh'd his soul away . To swifter flight the Gallic legions yield , And trembling quit the long contested field ; Part hasten to the stream whose waves contain Th ' extensive limits of the fatal plain ; Part to the bulwarks ...
... faint murmur sigh'd his soul away . To swifter flight the Gallic legions yield , And trembling quit the long contested field ; Part hasten to the stream whose waves contain Th ' extensive limits of the fatal plain ; Part to the bulwarks ...
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... odours to the ravish'd sense , With fragrant coolness pleasing now no more , Spread through the tainted sky their deadly store : With anxious fear the fainting mother press'd The smiling infant $ 4 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS.
... odours to the ravish'd sense , With fragrant coolness pleasing now no more , Spread through the tainted sky their deadly store : With anxious fear the fainting mother press'd The smiling infant $ 4 BENEFICIAL EFFECTS.
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Oxford univ, prize poems. With anxious fear the fainting mother press'd The smiling infant to her venom'd breast ; The smiling babe , unconscious of his fate , Imbib'd with greedy joy the baneful treat : Oft as the swain beneath the ...
Oxford univ, prize poems. With anxious fear the fainting mother press'd The smiling infant to her venom'd breast ; The smiling babe , unconscious of his fate , Imbib'd with greedy joy the baneful treat : Oft as the swain beneath the ...
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... overhead Wav'd the dark boughs , that roof'd his sylvan bed , Up the light Briton sprung - to chase the deer Through Humber's vales , or heathy Cheviot drear . Languid at noon his fainting limbs he cast On the 50 THE ABORIGINAL BRITONS .
... overhead Wav'd the dark boughs , that roof'd his sylvan bed , Up the light Briton sprung - to chase the deer Through Humber's vales , or heathy Cheviot drear . Languid at noon his fainting limbs he cast On the 50 THE ABORIGINAL BRITONS .
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ador'd Albion's arms Azrael beam beneath blaze blest blood bloom bold bow'd breast breath bright Britannia's Britons burst Canaan CHILDREN OF ISRAEL conquest controul dar'd dark death dread ev'ry faded faint falchion fame fane fate fierce fight fire flame flood foes frown'd fury Gaul gleam gloom glory glowing hallow'd hath head Heav'n heav'nly holy imperial Eagle Israel land light limbs list'ning Lord lyre Mahomet Mecca's Messiah mighty mortal Muse ne'er Nebaioth night o'er OXFORD pale Palestine Parthenon Peace plain pour'd pow'r pray'r pride PRIZE POEM Prophet proud rais'd RECITED reign rise roll'd ROMAN ARCHITECTURE rude sacred Salem Santon savage scene seem'd shade skies smile song sons soul stern stream swell sword tear tempest Temple THEATRE thee thou thro throne thunders tide toils tomb tow'rs trembling tyrant view'd voice warrior wave wild wing woes Ye sung
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