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Time, never wand'ring from his annual round,
Bids Zephyr breathe the Spring, and thaw the ground;
Bleak Winter flies, new verdure clothes the plain,
And earth assumes her transient youth again....

As yet a stranger to the gentle fires
That Amathusia's smiling Queen[2] inspires,
Not seldom I derided Cupid's darts,
And scorn'd his claim to rule all human hearts....

Who sent the Author a poetical epistle, in which he requested that his verses, if not so good as usual, might be excused on account of the many feasts to which his friends invited him, and which would not allow him leisure to f...

Jesus, whose blood so freely stream'd,
To satisfy the law's demand;
By thee from guilt and wrath redeem'd,
Before the Father's face I stand.


To reconcile offending man,...

Thrive, gentle plant! and weave a bower
For Mary and for me,
And deck with many a splendid flower,
Thy foliage large and free.


Thou camest from Eartham, and wilt shade
(If truly I divine)...

I should have deem'd it once an effort vain
To sweeten more sweet Maro's matchless strain,
But from that error now behold me free,
Since I received him as a gift from thee.

Learn ye nations of the earth
The condition of your birth,
Now be taught your feeble state,
Know, that all must yield to Fate!

If the mournful Rover, Death,
Say but once-resign your breath-...

When, long sequester'd from his throne,
George took his seat again,
By right of worth, not blood alone,
Entitled here to reign,


Then loyalty, with all his lamps
New trimm'd, a gallant show!...

A New Song, to a Tune never sung before.


I sing of a journey to Clifton,[1]
We would have performed, if we could;
Without cart or barrow, to lift on
Poor Mary[2] and me through the mud....

Argument Of The First Book.

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Argument Of The Second Book.

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Argument Of The Third Book.

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Argument Of The Fourth Book.

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Argument Of The Ninth Book.

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Argument Of The Fifth Book.


Diomede is extraordinarily distinguished. He kills Pandarus, who had violated the truce, and wounds first Venus and then Mars.



Then Athen'an Pallas on the son...

ARGUMENT OF THE SIXTH BOOK.

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Argument Of The Seventh Book.


Ajax and Hector engage in single combat. The Grecians fortify their camp.



So saying, illustrious Hector through the gates...

Argument Of The Eighth Book.

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Argument Of The Tenth Book.


Diomede and Ulysses enter the Trojan host by night, and slay Rhesus.



All night the leaders of the host of Greece...

Argument Of The Eleventh Book.

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