The Year of Wonders.
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287.
This Royal bounty brought its own Reward,
And, in their Minds, so deep did print the sense;
That if their Ruins sadly they regard,
'Tis but with fear, the sight might drive him thence.
This Royal bounty brought its own Reward,
And, in their Minds, so deep did print the sense;
That if their Ruins sadly they regard,
'Tis but with fear, the sight might drive him thence.
288.
Cities request to the King not to leave them.But so may he live long, that Town to sway,
Which by his Auspice they will nobler make,
As he will hatch their Ashes by his stay,
And not their humble Ruins now forsake.
Cities request to the King not to leave them.But so may he live long, that Town to sway,
Which by his Auspice they will nobler make,
As he will hatch their Ashes by his stay,
And not their humble Ruins now forsake.
289.
They have not lost their Loyalty by Fire;
Nor is their Courage or their Wealth so low,
That from his Wars they poorly would retire,
Or beg the Pity of a vanquish'd Foe.
They have not lost their Loyalty by Fire;
Nor is their Courage or their Wealth so low,
That from his Wars they poorly would retire,
Or beg the Pity of a vanquish'd Foe.
290.
Not with more Constancy the Jews of old,
By Cyrus from rewarded Exile sent:
Their Royal City did in Dust behold,
Or with more vigour to rebuild it went.
Not with more Constancy the Jews of old,
By Cyrus from rewarded Exile sent:
Their Royal City did in Dust behold,
Or with more vigour to rebuild it went.
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