The Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & Brothers, 1836 |
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Page 27
... Tell me , how long , to Rome's eternal shame , To fill with horror all the wondering world , My father still must groan in Punic chains , And waste the tedious hours in cruel bondage ? Days follow days , and years to years succeed , And ...
... Tell me , how long , to Rome's eternal shame , To fill with horror all the wondering world , My father still must groan in Punic chains , And waste the tedious hours in cruel bondage ? Days follow days , and years to years succeed , And ...
Page 28
Hannah More. Enter the temples - mount the capitol- And tell me , Manlius , to what hand but his They owe their trophies , and their ornaments , Their foreign banners , and their boasted ensigns , Tarentine , Punic , and Sicilian spoils ...
Hannah More. Enter the temples - mount the capitol- And tell me , Manlius , to what hand but his They owe their trophies , and their ornaments , Their foreign banners , and their boasted ensigns , Tarentine , Punic , and Sicilian spoils ...
Page 30
... tell me , tell me all , And ease my anxious breast . Pub . Ere I arrived , My father stood already on the shore , Fixing his eyes with anxious eagerness , As straining to descry the capitol . I saw , and flew with transport to embrace ...
... tell me , tell me all , And ease my anxious breast . Pub . Ere I arrived , My father stood already on the shore , Fixing his eyes with anxious eagerness , As straining to descry the capitol . I saw , and flew with transport to embrace ...
Page 31
... tell thee all ? Pub . Stop , cruel maid , nor wound thy Publius more ; I dread the fatal frankness of thy words : Spare me the pain of knowing I am scorned ; And if thy heart's devoted to another , Yet do not tell it me ; in tender pity ...
... tell thee all ? Pub . Stop , cruel maid , nor wound thy Publius more ; I dread the fatal frankness of thy words : Spare me the pain of knowing I am scorned ; And if thy heart's devoted to another , Yet do not tell it me ; in tender pity ...
Page 41
... tell the world that as I lived For Rome alone , when I could live no longer , ' Twas my last care how , dying , to assist , To save that country I had lived to serve . Man . O unexampled worth ! O godlike Regulus ! Thrice happy Rome ...
... tell the world that as I lived For Rome alone , when I could live no longer , ' Twas my last care how , dying , to assist , To save that country I had lived to serve . Man . O unexampled worth ! O godlike Regulus ! Thrice happy Rome ...
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