Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... heard , with grief and rage oppress'd His heart swell'd high , and labour'd in his breast , Distracting thoughts by turns his bosom ruled , Now fired by wrath , and now by reason cooled : That prompts his hand to draw the deadly sword ...
... heard , with grief and rage oppress'd His heart swell'd high , and labour'd in his breast , Distracting thoughts by turns his bosom ruled , Now fired by wrath , and now by reason cooled : That prompts his hand to draw the deadly sword ...
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... heard . The waves divide ; And like a mist she rose above the tide ; Beheld him mourning to the naked shores , And thus the sorrows of his soul explores : Why grieves my son ? Thy anguish let me share , The host to expiate , next the ...
... heard . The waves divide ; And like a mist she rose above the tide ; Beheld him mourning to the naked shores , And thus the sorrows of his soul explores : Why grieves my son ? Thy anguish let me share , The host to expiate , next the ...
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... heard him speak . Sharp was his voice ; which , in the shrillest tone , Thus with injurious taunts attacked the throne : " Amidst the glories of so bright a reign , What moves the great Atrides to complain ? Selected beauties , each a ...
... heard him speak . Sharp was his voice ; which , in the shrillest tone , Thus with injurious taunts attacked the throne : " Amidst the glories of so bright a reign , What moves the great Atrides to complain ? Selected beauties , each a ...
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... heard . When here their steps , for thee by Hellas ' sent , Brave Menelaus and Ulysses bent , I knew their persons and admired their parts , Both brave in arms , and both approved in arts . Erect , the Spartan most engaged our view ...
... heard . When here their steps , for thee by Hellas ' sent , Brave Menelaus and Ulysses bent , I knew their persons and admired their parts , Both brave in arms , and both approved in arts . Erect , the Spartan most engaged our view ...
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... heard : Some worthier frame - if this advis'dly said , Thy reason wanders , by the gods betray'd . Thou didst me - reckless of the powers above- Forget the counsels ratified by Jove : Thou bidst me birds obey - I scorn their flight , I ...
... heard : Some worthier frame - if this advis'dly said , Thy reason wanders , by the gods betray'd . Thou didst me - reckless of the powers above- Forget the counsels ratified by Jove : Thou bidst me birds obey - I scorn their flight , I ...
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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