 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
 | John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Charles Francis Richardson, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard - English poetry - 1904 - 628 pages
...be slain! 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. The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls in fire,... | |
 | English poetry - 1904 - 1058 pages
...be slain ! Oli grant me, gods! ere Hector meets his doom, All 1 can ask of heaven, an early tomb! 50 shall my days in one sad tenor run. And end with sorrows as they first begun. Xo parent now remains, my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - Literature - 1905 - 334 pages
...shall be mine, if thou be lost, But endless grief." * * '—(DERBY.) "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 fire, Laid Thebe waste, and slew my warlike sire! * * * "By the same arm my seven... | |
 | Belle Marshall Locke - Monologues - 1907 - 194 pages
...sacrifice. O grant me, gods, ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb 43 So shall my days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows...in fire, Laid Thebe waste, and slew my warlike sire ! By the same arm my seven brave brothers fell ; My mother lived to wear the victor's bands, The queen... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 652 pages
...slain ! Oh, grant me, gods ! e'er Hector meets his dooff» All I can ask of heav'n, 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. The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls in fire,... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - English poetry - 1907 - 616 pages
...meets his doom, All I can ask of heav'n, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, 520 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,... | |
 | Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1909 - 628 pages
...his doom, ' All I can ask of heaven, an early tomb ! ' So shall my days in one sad tenor run, C20 ' And end with sorrows as they first begun. ' No parent now remains, my griefs to share, ' No father's aid, no mother's tender eare. ' The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls... | |
 | Charles Morris - Anthologies - 1888 - 536 pages
...slain. 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...first begun. No parent now remains my grief to share, Xo father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapped our walls in fire ; Laid Thebe... | |
 | English poetry - 1801 - 224 pages
...Hector .meets his doom, All I can ask of Heav'n , 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. Yet while my Hector still survives , I... | |
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