Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett - With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Thomas Gray;Thomas Parnell;Tobias George Smollett;Samuel Johnson
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Soon their ample sway shall stretch
O'er the plenty of the plain. 11 Low the dauntless earl is laid, Gored with many a gaping wound: Fate demands a nobler head; Soon a king shall bite the ground. 12 Long his loss shall Eirin[4] weep, Ne'er again his likeness see; Long her strains in sorrow steep, Strains of immortality! 13 Horror covers all the heath, Clouds of carnage blot the sun: Sisters! weave the web of death: Sisters! cease; the work is done. 14 Hail the task and hail the hands! Songs of joy and triumph sing! Joy to the victorious bands, Triumph to the younger king! 15 Mortal! thou that hear'st the tale, Learn the tenor of our song; Scotland! through each winding vale Far and wide the notes prolong. 16 Sisters! hence with spurs of speed; Each her thundering falchion wield; |
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