Specimens of the Classic Poets: In a Chronological Series from Homer to Tryphiodorus ; Translated Into English Verse ; and Illustrated with Biographical and Critical Notes, Volume 1Robert Baldwin, 1814 - English poetry |
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... thou ! vouchsafe the Trojan host The victory , till that the Greeks regard With reverent fear , and magnify my son ! " She said . The Gatherer of the clouds of heav'n Answer'd her nothing ; but immoveable , Sate long in silence . She ...
... thou ! vouchsafe the Trojan host The victory , till that the Greeks regard With reverent fear , and magnify my son ! " She said . The Gatherer of the clouds of heav'n Answer'd her nothing ; but immoveable , Sate long in silence . She ...
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... thou hast done ; Turning on me the bickering enmity Of Juno , who will goad me with her taunts . Ev'n now unceasingly , though still in vain , Before th ' Immortals she rebukes me thus , And speaks of succour'd Troy . Lest Juno should ...
... thou hast done ; Turning on me the bickering enmity Of Juno , who will goad me with her taunts . Ev'n now unceasingly , though still in vain , Before th ' Immortals she rebukes me thus , And speaks of succour'd Troy . Lest Juno should ...
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... thou requirest , neither doth she seek Her husband's sisters , nor her brethren's wives , Nor at Minerva's temple join the train VOL . I. C Of Trojan women , who propitiate now With offerings the HOMER . 17 Parting Interview of Hector ...
... thou requirest , neither doth she seek Her husband's sisters , nor her brethren's wives , Nor at Minerva's temple join the train VOL . I. C Of Trojan women , who propitiate now With offerings the HOMER . 17 Parting Interview of Hector ...
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... Thou no pity hast For this thy infant son and wretched me , Whom thou wilt leave a widow . For the Greeks Will slay thee soon with overpowering charge Of numbers . It were better far that I , Once reft of thee , should sink within the ...
... Thou no pity hast For this thy infant son and wretched me , Whom thou wilt leave a widow . For the Greeks Will slay thee soon with overpowering charge Of numbers . It were better far that I , Once reft of thee , should sink within the ...
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... Thou , Hector , art my father ! thou to me Art mother , brother , all my joy of life , My husband ! Come , be merciful , remain Here in this turret ; make not of this child An orphan , nor a widow of thy wife . Command the Trojan army ...
... Thou , Hector , art my father ! thou to me Art mother , brother , all my joy of life , My husband ! Come , be merciful , remain Here in this turret ; make not of this child An orphan , nor a widow of thy wife . Command the Trojan army ...
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Achilles Adonis Anacreon ancient Apollonius APOLLONIUS RHODIUS Aratus Bacchylides behold beneath Bion blank verse bloom breast breath CALLIMACHUS charms Colchian coursers damsels dark deep dirge of woe earth English Translators Erinna eyes fair father feet flame flowers gaze genius gliding Goddess Gods GORGO grace Greece Greeks grief hand haste head heart Heaven Hector Hercules Hesiod Hipparchus Homer Hymns immortal Ionia isle Jason Jove king Laƫrtes leap'd limbs lips look'd LYCOPHRON maid Meleager midst mighty MIMNERMUS mortal Moschus mother mountain night numbers nymph o'er odes ONOMACRITUS pass'd Peleus Pindar poems poet poetical poetry PRAXINOE RHIANUS rhyme roll'd rose round rush'd Sappho sate ships shore shrill Sicilian Muses sight Simonides sing sleep smile soft song soul spear steeds stood sweet tears thee Theocritus thine thou thought Tiphys Trojans Troy turn'd Ulysses Venus verse virgin waves wind wing youth