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In whose dread name both men and maids are sworn,
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And how should oath of mine, though bravely sworn,
The Agamemnon of Aeschylus Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 525 BC-456 BC Aeschylus 1911
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Thought upon the word he plighted, and the oath that he had sworn,
The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Kenneth Morris 1908
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And our hearts can repeat what the heroes have sworn,
The Poems of Henry Van Dyke Henry Van Dyke 1892
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And our hearts can repeat what the heroes have sworn,
The Red Flower Poems Written in War Time Henry Van Dyke 1892
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Bhishma thought of word he plighted and of oath that he had sworn,
Maha-bharata The Epic of Ancient India Condensed into English Verse Romesh Dutt 1878
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And therefore causes kings and princes to be sworn,
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
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All was and today it is not -- And the Oath unto Gunnar is sworn,
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung and the Fall of the Niblungs William Morris 1865
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The Lord hath sworn, by his right hand hath sworn,
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1844
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While we, the rest, in peace and friendship sworn,
The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1834
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