 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
 | Alexander Pope - 1850 - 512 pages
...meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, 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 griefa to sharp, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walls in... | |
 | S.G Goodrich - 1851 - 664 pages
...! ". 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 wrapped our walls in... | |
 | Robert Armstrong (master of Madras coll.) - 1853 - 194 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 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... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Geography - 1857 - 598 pages
...gods, ere Hector meets his doom, — All I can ask of Heaven, — an early tomb ! So shall my clays 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 wrapped our walls in... | |
 | Conrad Hume Pinches - 1854 - 460 pages
...me, gods, ere Hector meets his doom, All l can ask of Heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days hvone 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 wrapped our walls in... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...mother," is all Homer makes Andromache say next ; and out of that scripture Pope makes her spin — " No parent now remains my grief to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care." The next fifteen lines are narrative — and Pope has, we think, on the whole, given them more than well... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 480 pages
...mother," is all Homer makes Andromache say next ; and out of that scripture Pope makes her spin — " No parent now remains my grief to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care." The next fifteen lines are narrative — and Pope has, we think, on the whole, given them more than well... | |
 | 1890 - 700 pages
...be slain! Oh grant me Gods! e're Hector meets his Doom, 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. Yet while my Hector still survives, I see... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1859 - 506 pages
...be slain ! 0 grant me, gods, ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heaven, an early tomb ! So t, in discontented mood, A gloomy shade, the sullen Ajax stood ; griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls in fire,... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...slain! Oh, grant mo, gods ! ere Hector meets his doom, All 1 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 father's care ! That quarter... | |
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