 Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable...  The Iliad of Homer: Books I-XII - Page 279by Homer - 1825Full view - About this book
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...Behold our deeds tranfcending our commands, Such, they may cry, dcfervc the fov'reign ftate, Whom thofc that envy, dare not imitate. Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no lefs the fearful than the brave, For luft of fame I mould not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge... | |
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 | William Melmoth - 1758 - 474 pages
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 | Alexander Pope - 1760 - 316 pages
...our deeds tranfcending our commands, " Such, they may cry, deferve the fov'reign ftate, " Whom thofe that envy, dare not imitate. " Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, " Which claims no lefs the fearful than the brave, " For luft of fame I fhould not vainly dare " In fighting fields,... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1769 - 476 pages
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 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 462 pages
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