The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Belford, Clarke, 1884 - 500 pages |
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Page 115
... Lycian Phoebus with the silver bow , And swear the firstlings of thy flock to pay , On Zelia's altars , to the god of day . ” † He heard , and madly at the motion pleased , His polish'd bow with hasty rashness seized . ' Twas form'd of ...
... Lycian Phoebus with the silver bow , And swear the firstlings of thy flock to pay , On Zelia's altars , to the god of day . ” † He heard , and madly at the motion pleased , His polish'd bow with hasty rashness seized . ' Twas form'd of ...
Page 118
... Lycian or Dardanian bow , A grief to us , a triumph to the foe . " The heavy tidings grieved the godlike man : Swift to his succor through the ranks he ran : The dauntless king yet standing firm he found , And all the chiefs in deep ...
... Lycian or Dardanian bow , A grief to us , a triumph to the foe . " The heavy tidings grieved the godlike man : Swift to his succor through the ranks he ran : The dauntless king yet standing firm he found , And all the chiefs in deep ...
Page 131
... Lycian band Saw the wide waste of his destructive hand : His bended bow against the chief he drew ; Swift to the mark the thirsty arrow flew , Whose forky point the hollow breastplate tore , Deep in his shoulder pierced , and drank the ...
... Lycian band Saw the wide waste of his destructive hand : His bended bow against the chief he drew ; Swift to the mark the thirsty arrow flew , Whose forky point the hollow breastplate tore , Deep in his shoulder pierced , and drank the ...
Page 133
... Lycian name ? O pierce that mortal ! if we mortal call That wondrous force by which whole armies fall Or god incensed , who quits the distant skies To punish Troy for slighted sacrifice ; ( Which , oh avert from our unhappy state ! For ...
... Lycian name ? O pierce that mortal ! if we mortal call That wondrous force by which whole armies fall Or god incensed , who quits the distant skies To punish Troy for slighted sacrifice ; ( Which , oh avert from our unhappy state ! For ...
Page 136
... Lycian fix'd ; Crash'd all his jaws , and cleft th tongue within , Till the bright point look d ou . b neath the chin . Headlong he falls , his heet knocks the ground : Earth groans beneath him , and his arms resound , The starting ...
... Lycian fix'd ; Crash'd all his jaws , and cleft th tongue within , Till the bright point look d ou . b neath the chin . Headlong he falls , his heet knocks the ground : Earth groans beneath him , and his arms resound , The starting ...
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