Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 99
Page v
... earth , is indisputable . It is not difficult to account for the fact . The inhabitant * of those sunny lands , where the light of day is so bountifully spread abroad , was naturally a worshipper of the external face of nature ; his ...
... earth , is indisputable . It is not difficult to account for the fact . The inhabitant * of those sunny lands , where the light of day is so bountifully spread abroad , was naturally a worshipper of the external face of nature ; his ...
Page 11
... earth before them runs , Hurtful to man . They following , heal the hurt ; Received respectfully when they approach , They yield us aid , and listen when we pray . But if we slight , and with obdurate heart Resist them , to Saturnian ...
... earth before them runs , Hurtful to man . They following , heal the hurt ; Received respectfully when they approach , They yield us aid , and listen when we pray . But if we slight , and with obdurate heart Resist them , to Saturnian ...
Page 16
... earth , whereon they settle , to resound . So when the Achaians went up from the fleet , And on their march were to the towers of Troy , The earth resounded loud with hoofs and feet . But on Scamander's flowery bank they stay , In ...
... earth , whereon they settle , to resound . So when the Achaians went up from the fleet , And on their march were to the towers of Troy , The earth resounded loud with hoofs and feet . But on Scamander's flowery bank they stay , In ...
Page 18
... earth , and flies Where the wide champaign spread before him lies , Seeks the remembered haunts , on fire to lave His glowing limbs , and dash amid the wave , High rears his crest , and tossing with disdain Wide o'er his shoulders ...
... earth , and flies Where the wide champaign spread before him lies , Seeks the remembered haunts , on fire to lave His glowing limbs , and dash amid the wave , High rears his crest , and tossing with disdain Wide o'er his shoulders ...
Page 29
... earth with blaz- ing torches , in search of Proserpine . Having learned from Hecate of the sun , that the maiden had been carried away by Pluto , she assumes the shape of a woman , goes to Eleusis , and is in- troduced into the house of ...
... earth with blaz- ing torches , in search of Proserpine . Having learned from Hecate of the sun , that the maiden had been carried away by Pluto , she assumes the shape of a woman , goes to Eleusis , and is in- troduced into the house of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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