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... terrour to the warres ; Nor quarrel with the Heavens , ' cause they beginne To send the worst effect and scorge of sinne , That dreadfull plague , which wheresoe're ' t abide , Devours both man and each disease beside . For every life ...
... terrour to the warres ; Nor quarrel with the Heavens , ' cause they beginne To send the worst effect and scorge of sinne , That dreadfull plague , which wheresoe're ' t abide , Devours both man and each disease beside . For every life ...
Page 77
... terrour strook ; The Austrian crowns , and Rome's seven hills , she shook ! To her great Neptune homag'd all his streams , And all the wide - stretch'd ocean was her Thames . Thus our forefathers fought , thus bravely bled , Thus still ...
... terrour strook ; The Austrian crowns , and Rome's seven hills , she shook ! To her great Neptune homag'd all his streams , And all the wide - stretch'd ocean was her Thames . Thus our forefathers fought , thus bravely bled , Thus still ...
Page 80
... terrour shook , As if not he , but they , were thunder - strook . The courage here , and boldness , was no less ; Only the cause was better , and success . Heaven will let nought be by their cannon done , Since at Edgehill they sinn'd ...
... terrour shook , As if not he , but they , were thunder - strook . The courage here , and boldness , was no less ; Only the cause was better , and success . Heaven will let nought be by their cannon done , Since at Edgehill they sinn'd ...
Page 96
... terrour of all lands , the ocean's pride . From hence his kingdoms , happy now at last , ( Happy , if wise by their misfortunes past ! ) From hence may omens take of that success Which both their future wars and peace shall bless . The ...
... terrour of all lands , the ocean's pride . From hence his kingdoms , happy now at last , ( Happy , if wise by their misfortunes past ! ) From hence may omens take of that success Which both their future wars and peace shall bless . The ...
Page 138
... terrour through it flew , The hail alone the work could do . The dismal lightnings all around , Some flying through ... terrours through the darkness fled , And ghosts complain'd , and spirits murmured ; And Fancy's multiplying sight ...
... terrour through it flew , The hail alone the work could do . The dismal lightnings all around , Some flying through ... terrours through the darkness fled , And ghosts complain'd , and spirits murmured ; And Fancy's multiplying sight ...
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