Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... hath giv'n , Has foul reproach a privilege from heav'n ? Here on the monarch's specch Achilles broke , And furious thus , and interrupting , spoke : Tyrant , I well deserv'd thy galling chain , To live thy slave , and still to serve in ...
... hath giv'n , Has foul reproach a privilege from heav'n ? Here on the monarch's specch Achilles broke , And furious thus , and interrupting , spoke : Tyrant , I well deserv'd thy galling chain , To live thy slave , and still to serve in ...
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... hath thinn'd them . - One I had , One , more than all my sons , the strength of Troy , Whom standing for his country , thou hast slain- Hector . His body to redeem I come Into Achaia's fleet , bringing myself , Ransom inestimable to thy ...
... hath thinn'd them . - One I had , One , more than all my sons , the strength of Troy , Whom standing for his country , thou hast slain- Hector . His body to redeem I come Into Achaia's fleet , bringing myself , Ransom inestimable to thy ...
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... Hath risen to shed them on the race of man , And show his arrowy stores ; he lulls the wind , Then shakes them down continual , covering thick Mountain tops , promontories , flowery meads , And cultured valleys rich , and ports and ...
... Hath risen to shed them on the race of man , And show his arrowy stores ; he lulls the wind , Then shakes them down continual , covering thick Mountain tops , promontories , flowery meads , And cultured valleys rich , and ports and ...
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... hath parch'd the skin ; -O ! then be mine The rock's deep shadow , and the Byblian wine- With milky cakes , and milk itself most sweet Of goats not giving suck , and dainty meat Of kids and heifers upon green leaves fed , The while we ...
... hath parch'd the skin ; -O ! then be mine The rock's deep shadow , and the Byblian wine- With milky cakes , and milk itself most sweet Of goats not giving suck , and dainty meat Of kids and heifers upon green leaves fed , The while we ...
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... Hath all my soul possess'd ; Again delicious rapture shed In torrents o'er my breast . Now Megalostrata , the fair , — Of all the virgin train Most blessed with her yellow hair- Hath brought me to the Muse's fane . FRAGMENT . THE ...
... Hath all my soul possess'd ; Again delicious rapture shed In torrents o'er my breast . Now Megalostrata , the fair , — Of all the virgin train Most blessed with her yellow hair- Hath brought me to the Muse's fane . FRAGMENT . THE ...
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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