Jerusalem Delivered: An Heroic Poem, Volume 2Pub. and sold by Edward Little & Company ; Exeter, [N.H.], 1810 |
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Actius address'd Adrastus Aladine Altinus appear'd Argantes Armida arms awhile band beams Behold beneath blood boast Bonifacius bosom brave breast Caliph camp ceas'd chief Christian Circassian Clorinda conceal'd confess'd courser cry'd dame damsel dare death deeds dire display'd distant dreadful enchantress eyes faith faithful bands falchion fame fate fear field fierce fight fix'd flame flies force fury gainst glorious Godfrey Goths Guelpho hand Heaven hero host impious JERUSALEM DELIVERED king knight length Libya limbs lofty midst mighty mortal numbers o'er Odoacer Pagan Pagan band pass'd pious plac'd plain press'd pursu'd rage rais'd rear'd reply'd reveal'd Rinaldo rise sacred scarce seem'd shade shield shore sight skies Solyman soon soul spoke squadrons stay'd steed steel stood stream sudden swift sword Tancred thee thence thine thou thoughts tide tower train trembling troops try'd turn'd Ubald Vafrino view'd walls warriors winds wondrous wood wound yield
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Page 142 - So passeth in the passing of a day Of mortal life the leaf, the bud, the flower...
Page 146 - In this was every art, and every charm, To win the wisest, and the coldest warm: Fond love, the gentle vow, the gay desire, The kind deceit, the still-reviving fire, Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes.
Page 141 - Ah see, whoso fair thing dost fain to see, In springing flower the image of thy day; Ah see the virgin rose, how sweetly she Doth first peep forth with bashful modesty, That fairer seems, the less ye see her may; Lo see soon after, how more bold and free Her bared bosom she doth broad display; Lo see soon after, how she fades, and falls away.
Page 130 - With that the other likewise up arose, And her fair locks, which formerly were bound Up in one knot, she low adown did loose, Which flowing long and thick her...
Page 140 - The garden then unfolds a beauteous scene, With flowers adorn'd and ever-living gr.een. There silver lakes reflect the beaming day ; Here crystal streams in gurgling fountains play : Cool vales descend, and sunny hills arise, And groves, and caves, and grottos, strike the eyes.
Page 226 - Forse cotanto quanto pare appresso alo cigner la luce che '1 dipigne, 24 quando '1 vapor che 'I porta più è spesso, distante intorno al punto un cerchio d'igne si girava si ratto, ch'avria vinto 27 quel moto che più tosto il mondo cigne. E questo era d'un altro circumcinto, e quel dal terzo, e '1 terzo poi dal quarto, 30 dal quinto il quarto, e poi dal sesto il quinto.
Page 42 - Still must I view myself with hateful eye, And seek, though vainly, from myself to fly ! — But ah ! unhappy wretch ! what place contains Of that ill-fated fair the chaste remains ? All that escap'd my rage, my brutal power...
Page 130 - And those which therein bathed mote offend. As Guyon hapned by the same to wend, Two naked damzelles he therein espyde, Which therein bathing seemed to contend And wrestle wantonly, ne car'd to hyde Their dainty partes from vew of any which them eyd.
Page 102 - As seeking medicine, whence she was stong, Or greedily depasturing delight: And oft inclining downe with kisses light, For feare of waking him, his lips bedewd, And through his humid eyes did sucke his spright...
Page 16 - ARGUMENT. Argantes and Clorinda undertake by night to burn the tower of the Christians. Arsetes, who had brought up Clorinda from her infancy, endeavours to dissuade her from the enterprize, but in vain : he then relates to her the story of her birth. The two adventurers sally from the town, and set fire to the tower : the Christians take arms : Argantes retreats before them, and gains the city in safety ; but the gates being suddenly closed, Clorinda is left amongst the enemy. Tancred, not knowing...