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HISTORIQUE. - ZaunköniG - 18.12.2012
Similarity in extreme or style
Is oft observed, as imitation there
Had with intention or th' oppos'd its wile
Transferr'd; the last, 'twould commonly repair —
Wolfe's deploying on the Zenophon lair
To elude the Carduchi would portray
Th' unexceptionable ; Napoleon where
The dissolution reviv'd Cromwell's day.
Poison, or the dread alternative sent
To Aridseus' Queen would associate
Queenly vengeance that "fair Rosamond" rent
From all that high-raised splendour could invest ;
For more examples survey the world's state,
Life-resembling illustrations this well attest.