The Works of John Sheffield Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected |
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Of Roman Soldiers.
Fourth CHORUS.
Our Vows thus chearfully we sing,
While martial Musick fires our Blood:
Let all the neighb'ring Echoes ring
With Clamours for our Country's Good:
And for Reward, of the just Gods we claim
A Life with Freedom, or a Death with Fame.
While martial Musick fires our Blood:
Let all the neighb'ring Echoes ring
With Clamours for our Country's Good:
And for Reward, of the just Gods we claim
A Life with Freedom, or a Death with Fame.
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May Rome be freed from War's Alarms,
And Taxes heavy to be borne;
May she beware of foreign Arms,
And send them back with noble Scorn.
And, for Reward, &c.
And Taxes heavy to be borne;
May she beware of foreign Arms,
And send them back with noble Scorn.
And, for Reward, &c.
May she no more confide in Friends,
Who nothing farther understood,
Than only, for their private Ends,
To waste her Wealth, and spill her Blood.
And, for Reward, &c.
Who nothing farther understood,
Than only, for their private Ends,
To waste her Wealth, and spill her Blood.
And, for Reward, &c.
Our Senators, great Jove, restrain
From private Piques, they Prudence call;
From the low Thoughts of little Gain,
And hazarding the losing all.
And, for Reward, &c
From private Piques, they Prudence call;
From the low Thoughts of little Gain,
And hazarding the losing all.
And, for Reward, &c
The shining Arms with Haste prepare,
Then to the glorious Combat fly;
Our Minds unclogg'd with farther Care,
Except to overcome or die.
And, for Reward, &c.
Then to the glorious Combat fly;
Our Minds unclogg'd with farther Care,
Except to overcome or die.
And, for Reward, &c.
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They fight, Oppression to increase;
We, for our Liberties and Laws:
It were a Sin to doubt Success,
When Freedom is the noble Cause.
And, for Reward, of the just Gods we claim
A Life with Freedom, or a Death with Fame.
We, for our Liberties and Laws:
It were a Sin to doubt Success,
When Freedom is the noble Cause.
And, for Reward, of the just Gods we claim
A Life with Freedom, or a Death with Fame.
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