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... foul and midnight murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . " Above , below , the rose of snow , 30 90 10 The bristled boar ° in infant - gore Wallows beneath THE BARD 25 15.
... foul and midnight murder fed , Revere his consort's faith , his father's fame , And spare the meek usurper's holy head . " Above , below , the rose of snow , 30 90 10 The bristled boar ° in infant - gore Wallows beneath THE BARD 25 15.
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... day ? To - morrow he repairs the golden flood , And warms the nations with redoubled ray . Enough for me ; with joy I see The different doom our fates assign . 136 140 Be thine despair , and sceptred care , To triumph THE BARD 27.
... day ? To - morrow he repairs the golden flood , And warms the nations with redoubled ray . Enough for me ; with joy I see The different doom our fates assign . 136 140 Be thine despair , and sceptred care , To triumph THE BARD 27.
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... bard , Verse , the hero's sole reward . As the flame's devouring force ; As the whirlwind in its course ; As the thunder's fiery stroke , Glancing on the shivered oak ; Did the sword of Conan mow The crimson harvest of the foe . 25 5 10 ...
... bard , Verse , the hero's sole reward . As the flame's devouring force ; As the whirlwind in its course ; As the thunder's fiery stroke , Glancing on the shivered oak ; Did the sword of Conan mow The crimson harvest of the foe . 25 5 10 ...
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... bard , with many an artful fib , Had an imagination fenced him , Disproved the arguments of Squib , ° And all that Groom ° could urge against him . But soon his rhetoric forsook him , When he the solemn hall had seen ; A sudden fit of ...
... bard , with many an artful fib , Had an imagination fenced him , Disproved the arguments of Squib , ° And all that Groom ° could urge against him . But soon his rhetoric forsook him , When he the solemn hall had seen ; A sudden fit of ...
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... bard divine , The few , whom genius gave to shine 15 Through every unborn age , and undiscovered clime . Rapt in celestial transport they : Yet thither oft a glance from high They send of tender sympathy To bless the place , where on ...
... bard divine , The few , whom genius gave to shine 15 Through every unborn age , and undiscovered clime . Rapt in celestial transport they : Yet thither oft a glance from high They send of tender sympathy To bless the place , where on ...
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