The Odyssey of Homer, Volume 3T. Longman, 1796 - Epic poetry, Greek |
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... Turn to my arms , to my embraces turn ! Is it , ye pow'rs that smile at human harms ! Too great a blifs to weep within her arms ? Or has hell's queen an empty image fent , That wretched I might ev'n my joys lament ? O fon of woe , the ...
... Turn to my arms , to my embraces turn ! Is it , ye pow'rs that smile at human harms ! Too great a blifs to weep within her arms ? Or has hell's queen an empty image fent , That wretched I might ev'n my joys lament ? O fon of woe , the ...
Page 147
Homer Gilbert Wakefield. Turn then , oh peaceful turn , thy wrath controul , And calm the raging tempeft of thy foul . 690 While yet I fpeak , the fhade disdains to stay , In filence turns , and fullen stalks away . Ver . 690. ] So ...
Homer Gilbert Wakefield. Turn then , oh peaceful turn , thy wrath controul , And calm the raging tempeft of thy foul . 690 While yet I fpeak , the fhade disdains to stay , In filence turns , and fullen stalks away . Ver . 690. ] So ...
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... turn and juncture of every period , there must be proper diftances and pauses ; every verse must be a complete fentence , but broken and interrupted , and the parts made unequals fome longer , fome fhorter , to give a variety of Cadence ...
... turn and juncture of every period , there must be proper diftances and pauses ; every verse must be a complete fentence , but broken and interrupted , and the parts made unequals fome longer , fome fhorter , to give a variety of Cadence ...
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Æneid againſt Alcinous Anticlea antient aſked becauſe breaſt Caïcus Chapman Circe companions confequently couplet Dacier dæmon darkneſs defcends defcription deſcribes dreadful Elpenor Enipeus Euftathius Eumæus Eurylochus Eurypylus ev'ry expreffion exprefs eyes fable facred fafe faid falchion fame fate fays feas feaſt feems fhade fhall fhews fhip fhore fhort fhould fignifies firft firſt flain fleep fome forrow foul fpeaks ftand ftill ftory fuch Goddeſs Gods gueſt heav'n hell herds hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad inftance iſland Jove loft moſt muſt night o'er obferves occafion Odyffey Odyſſey Ogilby paffage perfon Phæacians pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetry pow'r reaſon reft repreſent rhymes rife ſay Scylla ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhip ſhore ſpeaks ſpread ſtay ſtory Strabo Symplegades Telegonus Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tranflator Ulyffes underſtand underſtood uſed veffel verfe verfion verſe Virgil whofe whoſe winds wiſdom woes words καὶ