 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
 | Homer - 1877 - 558 pages
...meets his doom, All I can ask of Heaven, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, 52 ;i And end with sorrows as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No futher's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapp'd our walls in... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1878 - 596 pages
...his doom, ' All I can ask of heaven, an early tomb ! ' So shall my days in one sad tenor run, 620 ' 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... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 pages
...length of life denies, And thou must fall, thy virtue's sacrifice. So shall my days in one sad 4 tenour run, And end with sorrows as they first begun : No...share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care." Andromache then goes on to relate how her father had been slain by Achilles, the famous Greek hero,... | |
 | Homerus - 1880 - 42 pages
...slain. O grant me, gods, ere Hector meets his doom, 115 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. 120 The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls... | |
 | James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 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. 2. No parent now remains my grief to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles... | |
 | Levi W. Yaggy - Civilization - 1881 - 984 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 wrapp'd our walls in... | |
 | George Crabb - English language - 1882 - 876 pages
...close. 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. I'OPE. Let the rich fumes of od'rous incense fly, A grateful savor to the gods on high ; The due libation... | |
 | Homer - 1883 - 524 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,... | |
 | Moffatt and Paige - 1885 - 256 pages
...thou must fall, thy virtue's sacrifice. So shall my days in one sad ' tenor run, And end with sorrow as they first begun : No parent now remains my grief...share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care." Andromache then goes on to relate how her father had been slain by Achilles, the famous Greek hero,... | |
 | William Hyde Appleton (ed.) - Greek poetry - 1893 - 420 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 wrapped our walls in... | |
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