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Gave or bereft at will. Yet by Dunois 105
Baffled, and yielding him the conqueror’s praise.
And by his side the Martial Maiden pass’d,
Lovely in arms as that Arcadian boy
Parthenopæus, when the war of beasts
Disdaining, he to murder man rush’d forth, 110
Bearing the bow, and those Dictæan shafts
Diana gave, when she the youth’s fair form
Saw softened, and forgave the mother’s fault.
Baffled, and yielding him the conqueror’s praise.
And by his side the Martial Maiden pass’d,
Lovely in arms as that Arcadian boy
Parthenopæus, when the war of beasts
Disdaining, he to murder man rush’d forth, 110
Bearing the bow, and those Dictæan shafts
Diana gave, when she the youth’s fair form
Saw softened, and forgave the mother’s fault.
Saint Loup’s strong fort stood first. Oe’r this commands,
Nobled by valour, Gladdisdale; and here 115
The heir of Poyning’s name, and Molyns lead
The fearful garrison.
As lowering clouds
Swept by the hoarse wind o’er the blacken’d plain,
Mov’d on the host of France: they from the fort,[1]
Nobled by valour, Gladdisdale; and here 115
The heir of Poyning’s name, and Molyns lead
The fearful garrison.
As lowering clouds
Swept by the hoarse wind o’er the blacken’d plain,
Mov’d on the host of France: they from the fort,[1]
Thro’
- ↑ Line 122. Neque enim. solis excussa lacertis
Lancea, sed tenso balistæ turbine rapta,
Haud unum contenta latus transire, quiescit;
Sed pandens perque arma viam, perque ossa, relicta
Lucan. III.Morte fugit: superest telo post vulnera cursus.
