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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

 

THE

BATTLE

OF THE

GODS and TITANS:

From the Theogony of Hesiod; with a
Description of Tartarus, &c.

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———μαχην δ' ἀμεγαρτων ἔγειραν
Πάντες, &c.Θεογ. 666.

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Now sounds the Vault of Heav'n with loud alarms,
And Gods by Gods embattling rush to Arms;
Here stalk the Titans of portentous size,
Burst from their Dungeons, and assault the Skies;

And