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Note 16, p. 50.] Then shall the stoutest fall.
Then shall the mighty tremble, the spear shall fall from the hand of the valiant.Ossian, Temora, b. i.
Note 17, p. 57.]
The pale mice halted, trembled, turn'd, and fled.
The mice would appear to have experienced, in some former campaigns, the fatal chance of war.
οὐκ οἶσθα τῶς πρὶν συνιοτῶντες τὸν μόθον.
Galeomyomach. 71. κ. τ. λ.
Galeomyomach. 71. κ. τ. λ.
Chip-Cheese loquitur. What? know'st thou not, on wounds and slaughter bent,
To front the Cats' and Frogs' fell armament,
What clouds of friends we gathered?-Know'st thou not—
Sheep's Eye.Full well I know the terrors of our lot:
Friends, kinsmen, comrades, sons and sires, all fell,—
Scarce we ourselves escaped the harrowing tale to tell.
To front the Cats' and Frogs' fell armament,
What clouds of friends we gathered?-Know'st thou not—
Sheep's Eye.Full well I know the terrors of our lot:
Friends, kinsmen, comrades, sons and sires, all fell,—
Scarce we ourselves escaped the harrowing tale to tell.
Note 18, p. 57.]
'Twas silence all, their one day war was done.
What midnight darkness does invade the day,
And snatch the victor from his conquered prey?
Is the sun weary of this bloody fight,
And winks upon us with the eye of light?
'Tis an eclipse! this was unkind, oh! moon,
To clap between them and the sun so soon;
Foolish eclipse! thou this in vain hast done;
Their brighter honour had eclipsed the sun,
And now behold eclipses two in one.
Rehearsal, act v.
And snatch the victor from his conquered prey?
Is the sun weary of this bloody fight,
And winks upon us with the eye of light?
'Tis an eclipse! this was unkind, oh! moon,
To clap between them and the sun so soon;
Foolish eclipse! thou this in vain hast done;
Their brighter honour had eclipsed the sun,
And now behold eclipses two in one.
Rehearsal, act v.
