Poems on Several Occasions With some Select Essays in Prose. In Two Volumes. By John Hughes; Adorn'd with Sculptures |
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IV.
Recitative.
Fir'd with the Sound, the King grew vain;Fought all his Battles o'er again,
And thrice he routed all his Foes, and thrice he slew the Slain.
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His glowing Cheeks, his ardent Eyes;
And while he Heav'n and Earth defy'd,
He chose a mournful Muse,
Soft Pity to infuse;
Then thus he chang'd his Song, and check'd his Pride.
AIR.
See Darius Great and Good,By too severe a Fate,
Fallen from his high Estate;
Behold his flowing Blood!
On Earth th'expiring Monarch lies,
With not a Friend to close his Eyes.
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