The Poetical Works: Of William Hilton. ...

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Angus and Robson, 1776
 

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Seite 16 - Let glorious a6ls more glorious afts infpire, And catch from breaft to breaft the noble fire ! On valour's fide the odds of combat lie, 655 The brave live glorious, or lamented die; The wretch who trembles in the field of fame, Meets death, and worfe than death, eternal fhame. Thefe words he feconds with his flying lance, To meet whofe point was ftrong Dei'coon's chance : ./Eneas...
Seite 22 - ... rather to die with the title of Queen, than to live in any inferior dignity ? We...
Seite 246 - Remember, prince, that Britons must be free! Their liberty as lasting as their name. This once destroy 'd, be that for ever chang'd. If social union can in time restore The vast encroachments of invading foes, Happy. These, if no prudence can regain, Then be content; yet be for ever free. Rather than forego the glorious claim, Seek out some place, where tyrants never come, In Cambria, or the mountains of our isle, And there, collected in yourselves, abide. Better, with native freedom so to live....
Seite 238 - A Providence there is : I own it now : And all who act as infamy controuls, Sooner, or late, eternal vengeance find. I have been wrong, in ev'ry fcene of life ; Falfe to my country ! Now too late to change.

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