Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... bring , And still thy priestly pride provoke thy king ? For this are Phoebus ' oracles explored , To teach the Greeks to murmur at their lord ? For this with falsehoods is my honour stain'd , Is heaven offended , and a priest profaned ...
... bring , And still thy priestly pride provoke thy king ? For this are Phoebus ' oracles explored , To teach the Greeks to murmur at their lord ? For this with falsehoods is my honour stain'd , Is heaven offended , and a priest profaned ...
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... bring ; Conduct my captive to the haughty king . But witness , heralds , and proclaim my vow ; Witness to gods above , and men below ! But first , and loudest , to your prince declare , That lawless tyrant , whose commands you bear ...
... bring ; Conduct my captive to the haughty king . But witness , heralds , and proclaim my vow ; Witness to gods above , and men below ! But first , and loudest , to your prince declare , That lawless tyrant , whose commands you bear ...
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... bring The Greeks to know the curse of such a king : Let Agamemnon lift his haughty head , O'er all his wide dominion of the dead , And mourn in blood , that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior of the Grecian race . Unhappy son ...
... bring The Greeks to know the curse of such a king : Let Agamemnon lift his haughty head , O'er all his wide dominion of the dead , And mourn in blood , that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior of the Grecian race . Unhappy son ...
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... bring , The people one , and one supplies the king . Then fir'd by all the muse , aloud he sings The mighty deeds of demigods and kings : From that fierce wrath the noble song arose , That made Ulysses and Achilles foes : How o'er the ...
... bring , The people one , and one supplies the king . Then fir'd by all the muse , aloud he sings The mighty deeds of demigods and kings : From that fierce wrath the noble song arose , That made Ulysses and Achilles foes : How o'er the ...
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... bring ; With beating hearts my fellows form a ring . Urg'd by some present god , they swift let fall The pointed torment on his visual ball . Myself above them from a rising ground Guide the sharp stake , and twirl it round and round ...
... bring ; With beating hearts my fellows form a ring . Urg'd by some present god , they swift let fall The pointed torment on his visual ball . Myself above them from a rising ground Guide the sharp stake , and twirl it round and round ...
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Adic Admetus Alcmena Amph Amphitryon Antistrophe arms Athens bear behold Bleps blest breast breath charms Chor CHORUS Chrem Cleon Clytemnestra Creon Dæm dark daughter dead dear death deeds Demus didst dost thou dread e'en earth Eteocles Eucl Euripides eyes fair fate father fear flame friends give goddess gods grace Greece grief hand hath head hear heart heaven honour Jove Jupiter king Labr Laius live lord maid Merc Mess mighty mortal mother Muses ne'er never night nymph o'er Palæstra Peleus Phei Plut Plutus poet Polybus Polynices rich round sacred SCENE shalt shore slave sleep song sorrow soul speak Streps Strob STROBILUS sweet tears tell Thebes thee Theocritus Theseus thine thou art tomb Trach Twas Tynd Venus virgin voice wave wife wine words wretch youth