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The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose

Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir by his Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere
Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846)

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VOL II
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FRAGMENTS FROM THEOGNIS.
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TRANSLATIONS FROM “THE POEM OF THE CID.”
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[They fain would sally forth, but he, the noble Cid]
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MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS.
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TRANSLATIONS OF SOME OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID.

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My heart exults the lively call obeying,
When the shrill merry pipes are sweetly playing:
With these to chaunt aloud, or to recite,
To carol and carouse, is my delight:
Or in a steadfast tone, bolder and higher,
To temper with a touch the manly lyre.
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