Several Occasions.
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Memorial, to a brave, heroic Heart
The noblest Prize! and at the social Feast
Amongst the Great, be his the Seat of Fame.
The noblest Prize! and at the social Feast
Amongst the Great, be his the Seat of Fame.
Abash'd they sate, and ev'n the Brave knew Fear;
Not so Tydides: unappall'd he rose,
And nobly spoke! My Soul, O! Rev'rend Sage,
Fires at the bold Design; thro' yon black Host
Ventrous I bend my way; but if his Aid
Some Warrior lend, my Courage might arise
To nobler Heights: the Wise by mutual Aid
Instruct the Wise, and brave Men sire the Brave.
Not so Tydides: unappall'd he rose,
And nobly spoke! My Soul, O! Rev'rend Sage,
Fires at the bold Design; thro' yon black Host
Ventrous I bend my way; but if his Aid
Some Warrior lend, my Courage might arise
To nobler Heights: the Wise by mutual Aid
Instruct the Wise, and brave Men sire the Brave.
Fierce at the Word upstarted from the Ground
The stern Ajaces, fierce bold Merion rose,
And Thrasymedes, Sons of War: nor sate
The Royal Spartan, nor great Nestor's Heir,
Nor greater Ithacus; his manly Heart
The stern Ajaces, fierce bold Merion rose,
And Thrasymedes, Sons of War: nor sate
The Royal Spartan, nor great Nestor's Heir,
Nor greater Ithacus; his manly Heart
Swell'd
