The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 - Classical poetry |
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... monarch of the main . But now the god , remote , a heavenly guest , In Ethiopia graced the genial feast ( A race divided , whom with sloping rays The rising and descending sun surveys ) ; There on the world's extremest verge , revered ...
... monarch of the main . But now the god , remote , a heavenly guest , In Ethiopia graced the genial feast ( A race divided , whom with sloping rays The rising and descending sun surveys ) ; There on the world's extremest verge , revered ...
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... monarch of the Taphian land ) : A glittering spear waved awful in her hand . There in the portal placed the heaven - born maid Enormous riot and misrule survey❜d . 22 On hides of beeves , before the palace gate , 78 . E B. I. 37 THE ...
... monarch of the Taphian land ) : A glittering spear waved awful in her hand . There in the portal placed the heaven - born maid Enormous riot and misrule survey❜d . 22 On hides of beeves , before the palace gate , 78 . E B. I. 37 THE ...
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... monarch's gate ; Instant he flew with hospitable haste , And the new friend with courteous air embraced . Stranger ! whoe'er thou art , securely rest , Affianced in my faith , a friendly guest : Approach the dome , the social banquet ...
... monarch's gate ; Instant he flew with hospitable haste , And the new friend with courteous air embraced . Stranger ! whoe'er thou art , securely rest , Affianced in my faith , a friendly guest : Approach the dome , the social banquet ...
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... monarch of the flood , At nine green theatres the Pylians stood ; Each held five hundred ( a deputed train ) , At each , nine oxen on the sand lay slain . They taste the entrails , and the altars load With smoking thighs , an offering ...
... monarch of the flood , At nine green theatres the Pylians stood ; Each held five hundred ( a deputed train ) , At each , nine oxen on the sand lay slain . They taste the entrails , and the altars load With smoking thighs , an offering ...
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... monarch of the deep , Thee first it fits , O stranger ! to prepare The due libation and the solemn prayer ; Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine : Though much thy younger , and his years like mine , He too , I deem , implores ...
... monarch of the deep , Thee first it fits , O stranger ! to prepare The due libation and the solemn prayer ; Then give thy friend to shed the sacred wine : Though much thy younger , and his years like mine , He too , I deem , implores ...
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Achilles address'd Agamemnon Alcinous Anticlea arms Atrides attend beneath bless'd bowl breast Calypso coast command coursers cried crown'd Cyclops death deep descends dire divine dome dreadful E'en Eteoneus Eurylochus Eurymachus eyes fable fair falchion fame fate father feast flies gales goddess gods grace grief guest hand haste Heaven hero honours Icarius Iliad isle Ithaca Jove king labours land Laodamas maid mind monarch mortal Nausicaa Neleus Neptune Nestor night nymph o'er oars palace Pallas pass'd Pisistratus plain poem poet press'd prince Pylian Pylos queen race rage realms replies rest rise rites roar rock roll'd round royal sacred sails shade shining ship sire skies soft sorrows soul Sparta spoke stern storms stranger suitors Swift Taphian tears Telemachus tempest thee thou throne toils toss'd touch'd train Troy Ulysses vessel wandering watery waves winds wine wise woes wretched youth