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... thine ? Great as thou art , and like a god in fight , Think not to rob me of a soldier's right . At thy demand shall I restore the maid ? First let the just equivalent be paid- Such as a king might ask ; and let it be A treasure worthy ...
... thine ? Great as thou art , and like a god in fight , Think not to rob me of a soldier's right . At thy demand shall I restore the maid ? First let the just equivalent be paid- Such as a king might ask ; and let it be A treasure worthy ...
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... thine to fear . Know if the god the beauteous dame demand , My bark shall waft her to her native land ; But then prepare , imperious prince ! prepare , Fierce as thou art , to yield thy captive fair ; E'en in thy tent I'll seize the ...
... thine to fear . Know if the god the beauteous dame demand , My bark shall waft her to her native land ; But then prepare , imperious prince ! prepare , Fierce as thou art , to yield thy captive fair ; E'en in thy tent I'll seize the ...
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... 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 eyes , and say what Greek is he ( Far as ...
... 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 eyes , and say what Greek is he ( Far as ...
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... thine , Andromache ! thy griefs I dread ; I see thee trembling , weeping , captive led ! In Argive looms our battles to design , And woes , of which so large a part was thine ! To bear the victor's hard commands , or bring The weight of ...
... thine , Andromache ! thy griefs I dread ; I see thee trembling , weeping , captive led ! In Argive looms our battles to design , And woes , of which so large a part was thine ! To bear the victor's hard commands , or bring The weight of ...
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... thine : One , far o'er all - to guard my country - mine . " * He spake : and onward rush'd : Troy's dense array Pursued , loud clamouring , where he led the way : From Ida's topmost brow the Thunderer , Jove , O'er all the fleet thick ...
... thine : One , far o'er all - to guard my country - mine . " * He spake : and onward rush'd : Troy's dense array Pursued , loud clamouring , where he led the way : From Ida's topmost brow the Thunderer , Jove , O'er all the fleet thick ...
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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