Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... head , O'er all his wide dominion of the dead , And mourn in blood , that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior ... heads in heaven , and props the clouds , Suppliant the goddess stood : one hand she plac'd Beneath his beard , and ...
... head , O'er all his wide dominion of the dead , And mourn in blood , that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior ... heads in heaven , and props the clouds , Suppliant the goddess stood : one hand she plac'd Beneath his beard , and ...
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... head , The nod that ratifies the will divine , The faithful , fix'd , irrevocable , sign : This seals thy suit , and this fulfils thy vows.- He spoke , and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls , and gives the nod ...
... head , The nod that ratifies the will divine , The faithful , fix'd , irrevocable , sign : This seals thy suit , and this fulfils thy vows.- He spoke , and awful bends his sable brows ; Shakes his ambrosial curls , and gives the nod ...
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... head . " Her wise Antenor answered : " Well my word Bears witness of the truth from Helen heard . When here their steps , for thee by Hellas ' sent , Brave Menelaus and Ulysses bent , I knew their persons and admired their parts , Both ...
... head . " Her wise Antenor answered : " Well my word Bears witness of the truth from Helen heard . When here their steps , for thee by Hellas ' sent , Brave Menelaus and Ulysses bent , I knew their persons and admired their parts , Both ...
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... head- Then brac'd her casque , all gold , whose four- coned height And laid him decent on the funeral pile . Then raised a mountain , where his bones were burn'd , The mountain nymphs the rural tomb adorn'd , Jove's sylvan daughters ...
... head- Then brac'd her casque , all gold , whose four- coned height And laid him decent on the funeral pile . Then raised a mountain , where his bones were burn'd , The mountain nymphs the rural tomb adorn'd , Jove's sylvan daughters ...
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... heads ; O'er isle , o'er sea , at three vast strides he wends , And , with the fourth , on Æga's shore descends ... HEAD OF THE ENTRENCHMENTS . Forth marched the chief , and , distant from the crowd , Then , thundering through the ...
... heads ; O'er isle , o'er sea , at three vast strides he wends , And , with the fourth , on Æga's shore descends ... HEAD OF THE ENTRENCHMENTS . Forth marched the chief , and , distant from the crowd , Then , thundering through 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