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RODERICK,
THE LAST OF THE GOTHS.

A Tragic Poem.


TOLEDO.

Painted by T. Creswick. Engraved by E. Finden.

LONDON; LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS.

Cordoval.

Painted by T. Creswick. Engraved by W. Finden.

LONDON.
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMANS.
PATERNOSTER ROW.


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RODERICK,
THE LAST OF THE GOTHS.

A Tragic Poem.

BY ROBERT SOUTHEY, ESQ.

A NEW EDITION.

LONDON:
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.
MDCCCXLIV.

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RODERICK,
THE LAST OF THE GOTHS:

A Tragic Poem.

Tanto acrior apud majores, sicut virtutibus gloria, ita flagitiispœnitentia, fuit. Sed hæc aliaque, ex veteri memorià petita,quotiens res locusque exempla recti, aut solatia mali, poscet,haud absurdè memorabimus.

Taciti Hist. lib. 3. c. 51.


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TO
GROSVENOR CHARLES BEDFORD,
THIS POEM IS INSCRIBED,
IN LASTING MEMORIAL OF A LONG AND UNINTERRUPTED FRIENDSHIP,
BY HIS OLD SCHOOLFELLOW,
ROBERT SOUTHEY.

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CONTENTS.

Page
Preface ix
Original Preface xxi
Roderick, the last of the Goths:
I. Roderick and Romano 1
II. Roderick in Solitude 12
III. Adosinda 21
IV. The Monastery of St. Felix ...

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