 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
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 512 pages
...be skin I 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. 4. "No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Elocution - 1867 - 510 pages
...slain ! Oh grant me, goda ! 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. 4. " No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce... | |
 | Sir Edwin Arnold - Greek poetry - 1869 - 264 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... | |
 | Homerus - 1870 - 552 pages
...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 wrapped our walls in fire, Laid Thebe waste, and slew my warlike sire ! 525 His fate compassion in... | |
 | Robert Armstrong - 1872
...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... | |
 | English poetry - 1873 - 390 pages
...slain ! 0 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...to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee : Alas ! my parents,... | |
 | Richard Edwards - 1867 - 510 pages
...slain I 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. 4. " No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's air], no mother's tender care. The fierce... | |
 | Homerus - 1874 - 494 pages
...be slain. O 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,... | |
 | Illustrated reader - 1874 - 408 pages
...be slain. O grant mo, gods! ere 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. 1 No parent now remains my griefs to share; No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilla's... | |
 | Catherine Ann White - Classical literature - 1877 - 464 pages
...Oh grant me, gods ! ere Hector meets his doom, All 1 can ask of heaven, an early tomb. So shall nxy 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... | |
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