Miscellanies, Critical, Imaginative, and Juridical
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217236188
Paperback|9780217236188
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE MARTYR PATRIOTS: (LIVT, BOOK XXVI. CHAPS. 13, Ui A POEM WHICH GAINED THE PRIZE FOB ENGLISH VERSE IN THE SENIOR HUMANITY CLASS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, SESSION 1827-8. Dulce et decorum est pro patriA mori I 'Tis sultry noon, Hesperia ?and the sun Sits gleaming like a monarch on his throne; Unfurls his dazzling standard in the sky, And scatters living lustre from his eye; Each fleecy cloud is bathed in golden light, And, melting in the sunbeams, sinks from sight. Yet, though serene and peaceful all on high, Far other scenes, at Capua, meet the eye; There, second Rome thy glory's sun is set, Thy fortunes darken at the frown of fate; Ambition, blighted, marks thec for decay: For Rome can bear no rival of her sway Not Hannibal's strong arm avails thee now, Defeat o'erclouds with shame his iron brow: Baffled he quits with sullen ire thy wall, To wreak his vengeance on the Capitol. He leaves thee, Capua, to thy furious foes, Oppress'd and fainting 'neath impending woes. Wasted by ills without allay or cure, All hope cut off, ?destruction seal'd and sure Crouching, like tigers, ere they seize their prey, Rome's lowering legions round that city lay; Each warrior's heart thick throbb'd with fierce delight While flamed his falchion in the sunbeam bright; While glanced his warlike eye, with eager pride, O'er dense battalions ranged on every side, While thundering rams assault the crashing wall, And catapults their stony showers let fall. Wild uproar all without, and deadly din, Yet wilder uproars raged uucheck'd within; Grief?wrath?despair?confusion?all combined To shake and terrify each troubled mind; Fierce clamorous outcries yell'd from every street, And drove calm Legislation from her seat Lo trembling ru...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217236188 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217236189 |
| Weight | 0.53 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.36 In |
| List Price | $21.21 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 156 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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