 Oh grant me, gods ! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains, my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care.  Greek exercises - Page 182by William Neilson - 1834Full view - About this book
 | Homerus - 1822 - 320 pages
...Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenour run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls in fire,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 312 pages
...Hector meets his doom. All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenour run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walls in... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...slain. Oh, grant me, gods ! ere liector meets his doom, All I can ask of heaven — an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows, as they first begun. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share ; Oh ! prove a husband's, and a parent's care. That quarer... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenour run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walls in... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 442 pages
...Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenour run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walls in... | |
 | Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1825 - 298 pages
...he slain ! Oh grant me, Gods! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heaven, an early tomh ! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows as they first hegun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce... | |
 | William Scott - Diccion - 1825 - 382 pages
...me, gods ! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heavei>— an early tomb ! So shall my days hi one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows, as they first begun. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share ; Oh ! prove a husband's, and a parent's care. That quarter... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1826 - 768 pages
...reflection ; Greece in her single heroes strove in vain, Now hosts oppose thee, and thou must be slain : So shall my days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. POPE. The Christian closes his career of active duty only with the failure of his bodily powers ; One... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...meets hi* doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, ; 20 der griefs to share» No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walla in... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 414 pages
...ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb! So shall my days in one sad tenour run, And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walls in... | |
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