 | Homerus - 1807 - 408 pages
...covert from the air : But what by niggard fortune was deny'd A willing widow's copious wealth supply'd. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That, true to honour, never lagg'd behind : 245 (The sex is ever to a soldier kind.) Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 488 pages
...honour, never lagg'd behind 245 (The sex is ever to a soldier kind). Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground; Yet by the stubble yon may gness the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man. 250 Me, Pallas gave to lead the... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 770 pages
...covert from the air : But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That true to honour, never lagg'd behind (The sex is ever to a soldier kind). \ow wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 pages
...from the air : But what by niggard fortune ยป-as denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That true to honour, never lagc'd behind (The sex is ever to a soldier kind). Now wasting years my former strength confonpi, And... | |
 | 1813 - 386 pages
...covert from the air: But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind ) That, true to honour, never lagg'd behind (The sex is ever to a soldier kind). \ Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have... | |
 | 1813 - 406 pages
...former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground; Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man. Me, Pallas gave to lead the martial storm, And the fair ranks of battle to deform: Me, Mars inspir'd to turn the... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 348 pages
...covert from the air: But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That, true to honour, never lagg'd behind; (The sex is ever to a soldier kind). Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have... | |
 | Homerus - 1827 - 538 pages
...from the air : But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supply'd. Bly valour was my plea, a gallant mind That, true to honour, never lagg'd behind (The sex is ever to a soldier kind). Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have... | |
 | Homer - 1828 - 224 pages
...covert from the air: But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That, true to honour, never lagg'd behind, (The sex is ever to a soldier kind.) Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have... | |
 | Homerus - 1828 - 234 pages
...covert from the air: But what by niggard fortune was denied, A willing widow's copious wealth supplied. My valour was my plea, a gallant mind That, true to honour, never lagg-d behind, (The sex is ever to a soldier kind.) Now wasting years my former strength confound. And added woes have... | |
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Now wasting years my former strength confound, And added woes have bow'd me to the ground: Yet by the stubble you may guess the grain, And mark the ruins of no vulgar man. 
