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Page 67
... turn'd those eyes that through mid air Ten thousand leagues can swift as lightning sail- " I see him now beneath the sultry skies Where Pharaoh's everlasting temples rise . " Then Malagigi gave his last command , That in three days the ...
... turn'd those eyes that through mid air Ten thousand leagues can swift as lightning sail- " I see him now beneath the sultry skies Where Pharaoh's everlasting temples rise . " Then Malagigi gave his last command , That in three days the ...
Page 78
... turn'd by terror or surprise , Till Heaven's own towers before her sight arise . Brave flower of widow'd England ! ( 3 ) in thy sight Already do those towers unveil'd appear , Thou best and earliest victim of the fight , Cut glorious ...
... turn'd by terror or surprise , Till Heaven's own towers before her sight arise . Brave flower of widow'd England ! ( 3 ) in thy sight Already do those towers unveil'd appear , Thou best and earliest victim of the fight , Cut glorious ...
Page 196
... turn'd his eye where strait before them lay To Acheron's Tartarean flood their way ; Whose gulf in muddy torrents bursts its shores , And all the soil to black Cocytus pours . The horrid boatman , on these dreary sands , Sordid with ...
... turn'd his eye where strait before them lay To Acheron's Tartarean flood their way ; Whose gulf in muddy torrents bursts its shores , And all the soil to black Cocytus pours . The horrid boatman , on these dreary sands , Sordid with ...
Page 204
... turn'd its massive weight . Lo ! what grim spectre sits the porch before ? What form infernal guards the dreadful door ? Fierce Hydra lies within these gloomy caves , ( And opes her fifty mouths like yawning graves , ) Caves , that in ...
... turn'd its massive weight . Lo ! what grim spectre sits the porch before ? What form infernal guards the dreadful door ? Fierce Hydra lies within these gloomy caves , ( And opes her fifty mouths like yawning graves , ) Caves , that in ...
Page 215
... turn'd back to them , and thus to ' inquire Began- " Francesca ! thy sad destinies With grief and pity ' at once my breast inspire . But tell me in the season of sweet sighs- How , and by what degrees thy passion rose , So as to read ...
... turn'd back to them , and thus to ' inquire Began- " Francesca ! thy sad destinies With grief and pity ' at once my breast inspire . But tell me in the season of sweet sighs- How , and by what degrees thy passion rose , So as to read ...
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ancient Ariosto arms Astaroth Astolpho Aymon behold blood bower Boyardo brave breast breath call'd Canto Charlemagne Christian Clermont's Count of Poitiers courser cried dæmon dark death Derry doom'd dread E'en e'er earth erst eternal eyes fair faith fame fate fear fell Ferrau fierce fix'd Ganellon glorious hath heart Heaven hell Heptarchy holy honour hope hour Huon of Bordeaux king knight land light Lord Luigi Pulci Malagigi Marca Hispanica Marsilius Meridiana mighty Montalban's Moorish Morgante Maggiore mortal ne'er noble o'er once Orlando Paladins pass'd peace plain poem press'd pride prince Pulci realm Ricciardetto Rinaldo Roncesvalles round sacred seem'd shade shore sighs sight Sobrarbe solemn soul Spain spirit stanza steed strain sweet sword tears thee thine thou thought thro throne traitor truth turn'd Turpin vale valiant voice warrior Whereat Whig wonder