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T E M O R A:
AN
EPIC POEM.
BOOK SECOND.
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'*■) |-^ ather of heroes, Trenmorl dwellel* of ed-
dying winds ! where the dark-red courfe
of thunder marks the troubled clouds! Open thou
th>'
■ '•') Addreffes to the rpin'ts of decenfed warriors are
comman, in the compofitions of Oflian. He, how-
ever, expreiTes them in fuch laiiguage , as pre-
vents all fufpicion of his paying divine honours
to the dead , as was nllial among other na-
itons. From the fequel of this apo&ophe ,
it appears , that Ofiian had retired from the reft
of the army, to monrn, in fecret , ever the der.ih
of his Ion OCcar. This iadirecl: method of nar-
ration has much of the nature of the Drama,
and is more forcible than a regular hiiloiicjd