Oculus Britanniae An Heroi-Panegyrical poem on the University of Oxford. Illustrated with divers beautiful Similes, and useful Digressions [by Nicholas Amhurst] |
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Heaven to this man unusual vigour gave,
To rule a college obstinately brave,
Youths all endued with more than vulgar flame,
And stubborn as the rocks, from whence they came;
Hard to restrain, by nature prone to rage,
No common arm their fury can asswage,
So much with sparks of vengeance they abound,
They knock opposing barge-men to the ground,
And like a tempest hurl destruction round.
To rule a college obstinately brave,
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And stubborn as the rocks, from whence they came;
Hard to restrain, by nature prone to rage,
No common arm their fury can asswage,
So much with sparks of vengeance they abound,
They knock opposing barge-men to the ground,
And like a tempest hurl destruction round.
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