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Athens and the Peloponnese with Sketches of Northern Greece Hermann Julius T. Hettner No preview available - 2019 |
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Page 198 - The flying Mede, his shaftless broken bow ; The fiery Greek, his red pursuing spear ; Mountains above, Earth's, Ocean's plain below ; Death in the front, Destruction in the rear ! Such was the scene...
Page 13 - Well, stranger, to these rural seats Thou comest, this region's blest retreats, Where white Colonus lifts his head, And glories in the bounding steed. Where sadly sweet the frequent nightingale Impassion'd pours her evening song, And charms with varied notes each verdant vale The ivy's dark-green boughs among; Or shelter'd 'midst the cluster'd vine, Which high above, to form a bow'r Safe from the sun or stormy show'r, Loves its thick branches to entwine; Where frolic Bacchus always roves, And visits...
Page 15 - ... relate : A potent god for these we praise, His presents to this favour'd state ; The Steed obedient to the rein, And safe to plough the subject main. Our highest vaunt is this, thy grace Saturnian Neptune, we behold The ruling curb emboss'd with gold Control the courser's manag'd pace. Though loud, O King, thy billows roar, Our strong hands grasp the well-form'd oar ; And, while the Nereids round it play, Light cuts our bounding bark its way.
Page 14 - ... Here blooms, this favour'd region round, The fertile Olive's hoary head; The young, the old behold it spread, Nor dare with impious hand to wound: For Morian Jove with guardian care Delights to see it flourish fair; And Pallas, fav'ring, from the skies Rolls the blue lustre of her eyes.
Page 14 - O'er the rich bosom of the ground, Quick spring the plants, the flow'rs around Here oft to raise the tuneful song The virgin band of Muses deigns ; And car-borne Venus guides her golden reins Strophe 2.
Page 14 - Bath'd in the dew of heav'n each morn Fresh is the fair Narcissus born, Of these great pow'rs the crown of old : The Crocus glitters robed in gold. Here restless fountains ever murmuring glide, And as their crisped streamlets...
Page 85 - ... mask of Medusa; the head is covered by a helmet, on the top of which rests a sphinx, and on each side a griffin carved in relief. In her left hand she bears a spear, round which twines the sacred snake of the citadel ; in her right, Nike, the golden goddess of victory ; at her feet leans her shield. On the base of the statue is represented the birth of Pandora...