PoemsA.J. Valpy, 1835 - 80 pages |
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Page 117
... scream to his open breast ; There frantic clung , and still more wildly press'd Her hand upon her heart : the ruthless foe Bent ' gainst Statira each descending blow , CON se nu ze seaming gare RIVIC NI 3st a SAREPTA . 117.
... scream to his open breast ; There frantic clung , and still more wildly press'd Her hand upon her heart : the ruthless foe Bent ' gainst Statira each descending blow , CON se nu ze seaming gare RIVIC NI 3st a SAREPTA . 117.
Page 121
... scream to his open breast ; There frantic clung , and still more wildly press'd Her hand upon her heart : the ruthless foe Bent ' gainst Statira each descending blow , And stamp'd and raged her guardian's practised steel Warded the ...
... scream to his open breast ; There frantic clung , and still more wildly press'd Her hand upon her heart : the ruthless foe Bent ' gainst Statira each descending blow , And stamp'd and raged her guardian's practised steel Warded the ...
Page 126
... scream ! and Ochus turn'd : a voice was heard ; - - " This for Cambyses ! " and a hand uprear'd , Which grasp'd a scimitar . " Hold , treacherous slave ! ” The Syrian cried , " and meet a bloody grave . " Again he seized Statira , and ...
... scream ! and Ochus turn'd : a voice was heard ; - - " This for Cambyses ! " and a hand uprear'd , Which grasp'd a scimitar . " Hold , treacherous slave ! ” The Syrian cried , " and meet a bloody grave . " Again he seized Statira , and ...
Page 173
... scream falls mute on her ear . She had loved to list as the warbler flies , And his carol peals to the morning skies ; But now she attends not the linnet's strain , For her heart ' s in the camp on yonder plain : She kisses the ring he ...
... scream falls mute on her ear . She had loved to list as the warbler flies , And his carol peals to the morning skies ; But now she attends not the linnet's strain , For her heart ' s in the camp on yonder plain : She kisses the ring he ...
Page 189
... scream , As with direful bounds the death - monster came : The night had screen'd her from human blow , But it dimm'd not the sight of her untamed foe . But , hark ! from the mountain there comes a sound ! ' Tis the battle cry of the ...
... scream , As with direful bounds the death - monster came : The night had screen'd her from human blow , But it dimm'd not the sight of her untamed foe . But , hark ! from the mountain there comes a sound ! ' Tis the battle cry of the ...
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agony Antipater Artaxerxes band battle blade blood blood-hound bore brand breast bride bright brow call'd Cambyses charger chief chieftain courser crest cried crimson crimson tide dare dark Ochus dark waves dash'd dead death doom dread dying eagle earth Egypt's Egyptian lord ev'n farewell father's fell fierce fight fire flame flash'd fled foeman's follow'd fought friends gainst gallant band gaze glance golden golden eagle gone gore grave grief hand heart heaven hound instant loud monarch naught ne'er neath noble numbers o'er ocean's pass'd peal'd Persian Phoenicia pour'd press'd Proud Pharnabasus return'd roar rolling main rush'd sabre Sarepta's scimitar seem'd shone shout sire slain slave sound sped sprung stamp'd stand Statira stay'd steed sunk swift sword Syria's satrap Syrian land tear thee thou Tissaphernes trembling turn'd Twas vengeance victorious band victory waked the dead warriors waves word wound Xerxes