The Phoenix; Or, Lucubrations of the Nights of St. John1839 |
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Page 8 - Any two sides of a triangle are together greater than the third side.
Page 6 - The winds are high on Helle's wave, As on that night of stormy water When Love, who sent, forgot to save The young, the beautiful, the brave, 5 The lonely hope of Sestos
Page 13 - Phaethon miratur, opusque perspicit, ecce vigil rutilo patefecit ab ortu purpureas Aurora fores et plena rosarum atria ; diffugiunt stellae, quarum agmina cogit Lucifer, et caeli statione novissimus exit.