Iskander; or, The hero of Epirus1819 |
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Adrianople alarm Alexis amidst Amurath Anatolia appeared arms army arrival astonishment Athens attack band bashaw beheld Belgrade beloved brave breast camp Castriot cause cavalry chief chieftain cimeter command conduct couch count Croia daugh delight dervise despot Dibrans dispatched doge dominions dread duke of Albania Eldenfeldt endeavoured enemy entered Epirots exclaimed force formed gained glory gondolier governor Hæmus Hamanzah Hamesa happiness hastened heard heart hope Hungary Huniades Iaxis instantly Iskander janizaries journey king king of Hungary kingdom Leontio Lladomir lord lover Mahomet marchioness Marciana ment monarch Moneses mountains myra neses night numbers Ottoman palace Palozzi perceived perfidious Pezovi possessed prince of Epirus princess replied repose retired retreat returned safety sanjaks seized Sfetigrade sion Smyrna soldiers soon soul sovereign success sultan tent thee thou thought throne tion triot troops Turkish Turks Uracontes vengeance Venice victory Vladislaus Walachia youth Zemyra
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184 psl. - Some strange reverse of fate must sure attend This vast profusion, this extravagance Of heaven, to bless me thus. Tis gold so pure, It cannot bear the stamp, without alloy.
78 psl. - Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity; And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
219 psl. - I smile, And cry, content, to that which grieves my heart, And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
118 psl. - Now shield with shield, with helmet helmet clos'd, To armour armour, lance to lance oppos'd, Host against host with shadowy squadrons drew, The sounding darts in iron tempests flew, Victors and vanquish'd join'd promiscuous cries, And shrilling shouts and dying groans arise; With streaming blood the slippery fields are And slaughter'd heroes swell the dreadful tide.
16 psl. - More daring, or more bold, is now alive, To grace this latter age with noble deeds.
1 psl. - A bastard scion never should be grafted Upon a royal stock ; from thence at full Discoursing on my brother's former contract To lady Elizabeth Lucy, long before His jolly match with that same buxom widow, The queen he left behind him — Has.
109 psl. - My brave deliverer ! thou shalt enter now A nobler list, and in a monarch's sight Contend with princes for the prize of fame.
161 psl. - O, yes, I read your lovely fierce impatience : You shall not be withheld ; we will rush on them. This is, indeed, to triumph, where we hold Three kingdoms in our toil ! Is it not glorious. Thus to appal the bold, meet force with fury, And push yon torrent back, till every wave Flee to its fountain ? 3 Date.