The Iliad of Homer, Volume 1Belford, Clarke, 1884 - 500 pages |
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Page 61
... o'er the strand . Not so his loss the fierce Achilles bore ; But sad , retiring to the sounding shore . O'er the wild margin of the deep he hung , That kindred deep from whence his mother sprung There bathed in tears of anger and ...
... o'er the strand . Not so his loss the fierce Achilles bore ; But sad , retiring to the sounding shore . O'er the wild margin of the deep he hung , That kindred deep from whence his mother sprung There bathed in tears of anger and ...
Page 63
... O'er all his wide dominion of the dead , And mourn in blood that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior of the Grecian race . ' " " " Unhappy son ! ( fair Thetis thus replies , While tears celestial trickle from her eyes ) Why have ...
... O'er all his wide dominion of the dead , And mourn in blood that e'er he durst disgrace The boldest warrior of the Grecian race . ' " " " Unhappy son ! ( fair Thetis thus replies , While tears celestial trickle from her eyes ) Why have ...
Page 66
... o'er the vaulted skies : " What hast thou ask'd ? ah , why should Jove engage In foreign contests and domestic rage , The gods ' complaints , and Juno's fierce alarms , While I , too partial , aid the Trojan arms ? Go , lest the haughty ...
... o'er the vaulted skies : " What hast thou ask'd ? ah , why should Jove engage In foreign contests and domestic rage , The gods ' complaints , and Juno's fierce alarms , While I , too partial , aid the Trojan arms ? Go , lest the haughty ...
Page 71
... o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits the impending fall . ” Swift as the word the vain illusion fled , Descends , and hovers o'er Atrides ' head ; Clothed in the figure of the Pylian sage , Renown'd for wisdom , and revered ...
... o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits the impending fall . ” Swift as the word the vain illusion fled , Descends , and hovers o'er Atrides ' head ; Clothed in the figure of the Pylian sage , Renown'd for wisdom , and revered ...
Page 72
... o'er my head , ' And , dost thou sleep , O Atreus ' son ? ( he said ) Ill fits a chief who mighty nations guides , Directs in council , and in war presides ; To whom its safety a whole people owes , To waste long nights in indolent ...
... o'er my head , ' And , dost thou sleep , O Atreus ' son ? ( he said ) Ill fits a chief who mighty nations guides , Directs in council , and in war presides ; To whom its safety a whole people owes , To waste long nights in indolent ...
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Achilles Æneas Agamemnon Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides bands battle behold beneath blood bold brave brazen breast breath chariot chief command coursers crown'd dare dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful dust Eurypylus eyes falchion fall fame fate fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames fleet flies force fury glory goddess godlike gods gore grace Grecian Greece Greeks ground hand haste heaps heart heaven Hector hero Homer honors host Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove Jove's king lance Lycian martial mighty monarch mortal Nestor numbers o'er Pallas Paradise Lost Patroclus Peleus Phoebus pierced plain press'd Priam prize proud race rage rise sacred Scamander shade shield shining ships shore Simoïs sire skies slain soul spear spoke stand steeds stern stood swift Teucer thee Thetis thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulysses Virgil walls warrior wound youth