The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 188
... Greeks , and prefs them fo close , that they are obliged to raise fortifi- cations to fecure their fleet , and are about to quit the Phrygian coaft and to return home with dishonour . Aga- memnon , by the advice of the other princes ...
... Greeks , and prefs them fo close , that they are obliged to raise fortifi- cations to fecure their fleet , and are about to quit the Phrygian coaft and to return home with dishonour . Aga- memnon , by the advice of the other princes ...
Page 200
... Greeks expect them , and our heroes wait . Proud as he is , that iron - heart retains Its ftubborn purpose , and his friends difdains . Stern , and unpitying ! if a brother bleed , On juft atonement , we remit the deed ; A fire the ...
... Greeks expect them , and our heroes wait . Proud as he is , that iron - heart retains Its ftubborn purpose , and his friends difdains . Stern , and unpitying ! if a brother bleed , On juft atonement , we remit the deed ; A fire the ...
Page 256
... Greeks rufh'd tumultuous to the main : How blazing tents illumin'd half the skies , While from the fhores the winged navy flies : How ev'n in Ilion's walls , in deathful bands , Came the ftern Greeks by Troy's affifting hands : All Troy ...
... Greeks rufh'd tumultuous to the main : How blazing tents illumin'd half the skies , While from the fhores the winged navy flies : How ev'n in Ilion's walls , in deathful bands , Came the ftern Greeks by Troy's affifting hands : All Troy ...
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