Pablius Papinius Statius War Poems

• 1. Thebais - Book One - Part Ii
  A robe obscene was oâ??er her shoulders thrown,
  A dress by fates and furies worn alone. us
  She tossed her meagre arms; her better handâ??
  In waving circles whirled a funâ??ral brand:
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• 2. Thebais - Book One - Part I
  Fraternal rage, the guilty Thebesâ?? alarms,
  Thâ?? alternate reign destroyed by impious arms,
  Demand our song; a sacred fury fires
  My ravished breast, and all the muse inspires.
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• 3. Thebais - Book One - Part Iii
  Oh race confed-rate into crimes, that prove
  Triumphant o-er th- eluded rage of Jove!
  This wearied arm can scarce the bolt sustain,
  And unregarded thunder rolls in vain:
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• 4. Thebais - Book One - Part Iv
  For by the black infernal Styx I swear,
  (That dreadful oath which binds the thunderer)
  -Tis fixed; th- irrevocable doom of Jove;
  No force can bend me, no persuasion move.
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