The Table book; . d t?lysses, for his art renownd,Oerturn the strength of Ajax on the ground ;Nor could the strength of Ajax overthrowThe watchful caution of his artful the long strife een tird the lookers to Ulysses spoke great Telamon :Or let me lift thee, chief, or lift thou me ;Prove we our force, and Jove the rest decree :He said, and straining, heavd him off the groundWith matchless strength ; that time Ulysses foundThe strength t evade, and, whern the nerves combine,His ancle struck the giant fell supine ;Ulysses following, on his bosom lies ;Shouts of applause run rat
The Table book; . d t?lysses, for his art renownd,Oerturn the strength of Ajax on the ground ;Nor could the strength of Ajax overthrowThe watchful caution of his artful the long strife een tird the lookers to Ulysses spoke great Telamon :Or let me lift thee, chief, or lift thou me ;Prove we our force, and Jove the rest decree :He said, and straining, heavd him off the groundWith matchless strength ; that time Ulysses foundThe strength t evade, and, whern the nerves combine,His ancle struck the giant fell supine ;Ulysses following, on his bosom lies ;Shouts of applause run rattling through the to lift, Ulysses next essays ;He barely stirrd him but he could not raise :His knee lockd fast, the foes attempt grappling close, they tnrable side by side. Here we find not only the lock, h\*that Ulysses, who is described as renownsafor his art, attains to the power of throwinghis antagonist by the device of Abrahan:Canns favourite kick near the ancle. L V 622 THE TABLE BOOK. PENN AND THE Yet thus could, iaa savage-sty]ei land,A few—reviled, scornd, hi t;d of the whole—• St etch forth for Peace the une rjmonious hand,.And stamp Truth, even on a sealed scroll. Tliey calld not God, or men, in proof to stand :T ley prayd no vengeance on the perjured soul: But Heaven lookd down, and, moved with wonder, saw A compact framd, where Time might bring no flaw. Tins stanza k in- a delightful little volume^entitled The Desolation of Eyam; theEmigrant, a tale of the American Woods;and other poems: By William and MaryHowitt, authors of the Forest Minstrel, & feeling and beauty of one of the poems, Penn and the Indians, suggested thepresent engraving, after a celebrated printfrom a picture by the late Benjamin following particulars are chiefly relatedDv Mr. Clarkson, respecting the scene itrepresents. King Charles II., in consideration of aionsiderable sum due from the crown forthe services of admiral sir William Penn,f;ran
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