The Year of Wonders.
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23.
To nearest Ports their shatter'd Ships repair,
Where by our dreadful Canon they lay aw'd:
So reverently Men quit the open air,
When Thunder speaks the angry Gods abroad.
To nearest Ports their shatter'd Ships repair,
Where by our dreadful Canon they lay aw'd:
So reverently Men quit the open air,
When Thunder speaks the angry Gods abroad.
24.
And now approach'd their Fleet from India fraught
With all the Riches of the rising Sun:
The attempt at Bergen. (e) Southern Climates, Guinny.And precious sand from (e) Southern Climates brought,
(The fatal Regions where the War begun.)
And now approach'd their Fleet from India fraught
With all the Riches of the rising Sun:
The attempt at Bergen. (e) Southern Climates, Guinny.And precious sand from (e) Southern Climates brought,
(The fatal Regions where the War begun.)
25.
Like hunted Castors, conscious of their Store,
Their way-laid wealth to Norways coasts they bring:
There first the North's cold bosome Spices bore,
And Winter brooded on the Eastern Spring.}
Like hunted Castors, conscious of their Store,
Their way-laid wealth to Norways coasts they bring:
There first the North's cold bosome Spices bore,
And Winter brooded on the Eastern Spring.}
26.
By the rich scent we found our perfum'd Prey,
Which flanck'd with Rocks, did close in covert lie:
And round about their murdering Canon lay,
At once to threaten and invite the Eye.
By the rich scent we found our perfum'd Prey,
Which flanck'd with Rocks, did close in covert lie:
And round about their murdering Canon lay,
At once to threaten and invite the Eye.
27. Fiercer
