 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
 | William Hyde Appleton - English poetry - 1893 - 418 pages
...! Oh, grant me, Gods ! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heaven, an early tomb ! So shah1 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... | |
 | Homer - 1896 - 128 pages
...slain I Oh grant me, gods! ere Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heaven, an early tomb ! 520 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,... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1896 - 136 pages
...slain 515 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, 520 No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1898 - 226 pages
...514, 515. Expand these condensed lines so as to show their meaning. 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, Laid Thebe1 waste, and slew my warlike sire ! His fate compassion in the victor bred ; Stern as he was,... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1899 - 204 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 griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care. The fierce Achilles wrapt our walls in fire,... | |
 | Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1900 - 208 pages
...! Oh grant me, gods ! e'er Hector meets his doom, All I can ask of heav'n, an early tomb ! r>20 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,... | |
 | Homer - 1900 - 216 pages
...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, 525 Lay'd Thebe waste, and slew my warlike sire! His fate compassion in the victor bred; Stern as he... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Anthologies - 1901 - 470 pages
...days in one sad tenor run, And end with sorrow as they first begun. No parent now remains my griefs to share, No father's aid, no mother's tender care....walls in fire, Laid Thebe waste, and slew my warlike sir* I His fate compassion in the victor bred ; Stern as he was, he yet revered the dead, His radiant... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Sisk - English language - 1903 - 276 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. 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,... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1903 - 704 pages
...meets his doom, All I can ask of Heav'n, an early tomb ! So shall my days in one sad tenor run, 5» 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,... | |
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