 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 Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...slain ! Oh, grant me, 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... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Classical literature - 1861 - 634 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 new remaius my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861 - 130 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. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : Oh, prove a husband's and a father's care I That quarter... | |
 | John Connery - Elocution - 1861 - 416 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. Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all, in thee. Alas ! my parents,... | |
 | Robert Sullivan - 1861 - 532 pages
...the rest. Oh, grant me, gods! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of tieavn, an early tomb I So shall my days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrows, as they first begun. ffo parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. Yet while my Hector... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - Classical literature - 1861 - 632 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 begnu. No parent now remaius my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce... | |
 | 1862 - 894 pages
...in your different state• Ere he shall meet hig doom, "Tis all I 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. 1 ROT. Cond. IV. * Report, p. 16. • Rev.... | |
 | Readers - 1866 - 408 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. * • * * * Yet, while my Hector still survives,... | |
 | Nelson Thomas and sons, ltd - 1866 - 408 pages
...gods! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven— an early tomb! So shall my days in oue 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,... | |
 | Charles Walton Sanders - Readers - 1862 - 610 pages
...an early tomb! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, A.nd end with sorrrows as they first begun. n. No parent now remains my grief to share, No father's...aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles* wrapped our walls in fire, Laid Thcbe' waste, and slew my warlike sire! His fate compassion in the... | |
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