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Page 16
... with holes , 15. And full of honey , in colour like the molten gold . 16. The song of every bird is heard in every quarter , on the branch , and on the wing ; 17. The halcyon near the waters , the swallow twitters 16.
... with holes , 15. And full of honey , in colour like the molten gold . 16. The song of every bird is heard in every quarter , on the branch , and on the wing ; 17. The halcyon near the waters , the swallow twitters 16.
Page 34
... gold cups , made of the skulls of those they had conquered in war ; the same custom still is maintained in our own country , with no other difference but that of the liquor , since the poets of this day boast of their drink- ing ...
... gold cups , made of the skulls of those they had conquered in war ; the same custom still is maintained in our own country , with no other difference but that of the liquor , since the poets of this day boast of their drink- ing ...
Page 37
... gold coin to smell when Titus objected to the Emperor's tax on urine and horse - dung , as a dirty , stinking imposition . Baruché , a carriage for earth and clay . Perwar , a bleacher , a washerwoman's beetle , with which they beat ...
... gold coin to smell when Titus objected to the Emperor's tax on urine and horse - dung , as a dirty , stinking imposition . Baruché , a carriage for earth and clay . Perwar , a bleacher , a washerwoman's beetle , with which they beat ...
Page 53
... O'er the wide world an uncontroll'd command Two mighty nations seem to claim , And waste with fire and sword each conquer'd land , And thunder o'er the briny main . Gold muss ihnen jede Landschaft wägen , Und wie Brennus 53.
... O'er the wide world an uncontroll'd command Two mighty nations seem to claim , And waste with fire and sword each conquer'd land , And thunder o'er the briny main . Gold muss ihnen jede Landschaft wägen , Und wie Brennus 53.
Page 54
Stephen Weston. Gold muss ihnen jede Landschaft wägen , Und wie Brennus in der rohen Zeit Legt der Franke seinen ehrnen Degen , In die Waage der Gerechtigkeit . Seine Handelsflotten ... Gold , gold's the greedy Gaul's eternal cry . To 54.
Stephen Weston. Gold muss ihnen jede Landschaft wägen , Und wie Brennus in der rohen Zeit Legt der Franke seinen ehrnen Degen , In die Waage der Gerechtigkeit . Seine Handelsflotten ... Gold , gold's the greedy Gaul's eternal cry . To 54.
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Page 208 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th...
Page 203 - From these rude shores our fearless course we held: Beneath the glistening wave the god of day Had now five times withdrawn the parting ray, When o'er the prow a sudden darkness spread, And slowly floating o'er the mast's tall head A black cloud...
Page 45 - Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas...
Page 210 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 164 - Je m'embarque fièrement, Et je vais en ambassade, Au nom de mon souverain, Dire que je suis malade Et que lui se porte bien. Avec une joue enflée Je débarque tout honteux. La princesse, boursouflée...
Page 54 - Amphitrite Will er schließen wie sein eignes Haus. Zu des Südpols nie erblickten Sternen Dringt sein rastlos ungehemmter Lauf, Alle Inseln spürt er, alle fernen Küsten — nur das Paradies nicht auf.
Page 52 - Edler Freund! Wo öffnet sich dem Frieden, Wo der Freiheit sich ein Zufluchtsort? Das Jahrhundert ist im Sturm geschieden, Und das neue öffnet sich mit Mord. Und das band der Länder ist gehoben, Und die alten Formen stürzen ein; Nicht das Weltmeer hemmt des Krieges Toben, Nicht der Nilgott und der alte Rhein.
Page 212 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of matter born, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 42 - Aus der Wahrheit Feuerspiegel lächelt sie den Forscher an. Zu der Tugend steilem Hügel leitet sie des Dulders Bahn. Auf des Glaubens Sonnenberge sieht man ihre Fahnen wehn, durch den Riß gesprengter Särge sie im Chor der Engel stehn.
Page 40 - Freude heißt die starke Feder In der ewigen Natur. Freude, Freude treibt die Räder In der großen Weltenuhr. Blumen lockt sie aus den Keimen, Sonnen aus dem Firmament, Sphären rollt sie in den Räumen, Die des Sehers Rohr nicht kennt.