The Year of Wonders.
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63.
At this excess of Courage, all amaz'd,
The foremost of his Foes a while withdraw:
With such respect in enter'd Rome they gaz'd,
Who on high Chairs the God-like Fathers saw.
At this excess of Courage, all amaz'd,
The foremost of his Foes a while withdraw:
With such respect in enter'd Rome they gaz'd,
Who on high Chairs the God-like Fathers saw.
64.
And now, as where Patroclus Body lay,
Here Trojan Chiefs advanc'd, and there the Greek:
Ours o're the Duke their pious wings display,
And theirs the noblest Spoils of Britain seek.
And now, as where Patroclus Body lay,
Here Trojan Chiefs advanc'd, and there the Greek:
Ours o're the Duke their pious wings display,
And theirs the noblest Spoils of Britain seek.
65.
Mean time, his busie Mariners he hasts,
His shatter'd Sails with Rigging to restore:
And willing Pines ascend his broken Masts,
Whose lofty heads rise higher than before.
Mean time, his busie Mariners he hasts,
His shatter'd Sails with Rigging to restore:
And willing Pines ascend his broken Masts,
Whose lofty heads rise higher than before.
66.
Streight to the Dutch he turns his dreadful Prow,
More fierce th'important Quarrel to decide:
Like Swans, in long array his vessels shew,
Whose creasts advancing, do the waves divide.
Streight to the Dutch he turns his dreadful Prow,
More fierce th'important Quarrel to decide:
Like Swans, in long array his vessels shew,
Whose creasts advancing, do the waves divide.
67. They
