Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... grace his hands : By these he begs : and lowly bending down Extends the sceptre and the laurel crown . He sued to all , but chief implored for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race . Ye kings and warriors ! may your vows be ...
... grace his hands : By these he begs : and lowly bending down Extends the sceptre and the laurel crown . He sued to all , but chief implored for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race . Ye kings and warriors ! may your vows be ...
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... grace his hands : By these he begs : and lowly bending down Extends the sceptre and the laurel crown . He sued to all , but chief implored for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race . Ye kings and warriors ! may your vows be ...
... grace his hands : By these he begs : and lowly bending down Extends the sceptre and the laurel crown . He sued to all , but chief implored for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race . Ye kings and warriors ! may your vows be ...
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... grace . Not half so dear were Clytemnestra's charms , When first her blooming beauties blest my arms . Yet if the gods demand her , let her sail ; Our cares are only for the public weal : Let me be deem'd the hateful cause of all , And ...
... grace . Not half so dear were Clytemnestra's charms , When first her blooming beauties blest my arms . Yet if the gods demand her , let her sail ; Our cares are only for the public weal : Let me be deem'd the hateful cause of all , And ...
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... grace The feasts of Ethiopia's blameless race ; Twelve days the powers indulge the genial rite , Returning with the twelfth revolving light . Then will I mount the brazen dome , and move The high tribunal of immortal Jove . The goddess ...
... grace The feasts of Ethiopia's blameless race ; Twelve days the powers indulge the genial rite , Returning with the twelfth revolving light . Then will I mount the brazen dome , and move The high tribunal of immortal Jove . The goddess ...
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... grace thy father's side ; No crime of thine our present suffering draws , Not thou , but heaven's disposing will , the cause . The gods these armies and this force employ , The hostile gods conspire the fate of Troy . Now lift thine ...
... grace thy father's side ; No crime of thine our present suffering draws , Not thou , but heaven's disposing will , the cause . The gods these armies and this force employ , The hostile gods conspire the fate of Troy . Now lift thine ...
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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