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... head , and slew , and flayed , And cut the thighs off , and around them wrapped The fat in layers , and sprinkled flesh thereon . These the sire burned on wood ; poured sparkling 505 wine , The warriors standing by with fivepronged ...
... head , and slew , and flayed , And cut the thighs off , and around them wrapped The fat in layers , and sprinkled flesh thereon . These the sire burned on wood ; poured sparkling 505 wine , The warriors standing by with fivepronged ...
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... head , and pledge thy changeless word , Or else refuse - for fears come not nigh thee . 560 Say that of all the gods thou hold'st me least . " Spake , big with anger , then cloud - circled Zeus . " Lo ! there is woe to be , if I must ...
... head , and pledge thy changeless word , Or else refuse - for fears come not nigh thee . 560 Say that of all the gods thou hold'st me least . " Spake , big with anger , then cloud - circled Zeus . " Lo ! there is woe to be , if I must ...
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... head . For this is my great token with the gods , Irrevocable , true , each word of mine , Sure of its purpose , when I bow my head . " 570 Croníon spake his dark brows bent , and bowed . From his immortal head fell rippling down The ...
... head . For this is my great token with the gods , Irrevocable , true , each word of mine , Sure of its purpose , when I bow my head . " 570 Croníon spake his dark brows bent , and bowed . From his immortal head fell rippling down The ...
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Charles Stuart Calverley. And thou , as I suspect , didst bow thy head , In token that thou would'st exalt her son , And by the Achaian ships make many fall . ” 605 Then spake in answer cloud - encircled Zeus Wayward thou wilt aye ...
Charles Stuart Calverley. And thou , as I suspect , didst bow thy head , In token that thou would'st exalt her son , And by the Achaian ships make many fall . ” 605 Then spake in answer cloud - encircled Zeus Wayward thou wilt aye ...
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... head ; in form most like 20 To Nestor , Neleus ' son : of all who sat In council Agamemnon ranked him first . In such shape spake to him the heaven - sent Dream . " Sleep'st thou , O son of Atreus ? son of one At heart a warrior , tamer ...
... head ; in form most like 20 To Nestor , Neleus ' son : of all who sat In council Agamemnon ranked him first . In such shape spake to him the heaven - sent Dream . " Sleep'st thou , O son of Atreus ? son of one At heart a warrior , tamer ...
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Achaian Achilles Agamemnon Amaryllis Amphimachus Amyntas Apollo Athenè Atreus aught brave bring Daphnis Briseis broad Calchas Chryse city home Corydon Daphnis doth dreams earth ECLOGUE enim Epistrophus Eurytus Ev'n eyes fair flocks flowers Forty dark ships Gallus gift goat gods Greeks green hand hath hear heart heaven Herè host Idomeneus Ilion illa Iolla Jove kine King lord Lycidas Lyrnessus maid Menalcas mighty mihi MOPSUS muse ne'er neath Nestor Nireus Nunc Nymphs o'er obey Odysseus Peleus Phoebus pipe prayer Priam's Protesilaus Pylos Quæ quam Queis rose round sacred sate seas shalt sheep shepherd shore sing sire Sirmio sleep song of Arcady sons soul spake steeds stream strife sweet swift thee thine thing tibi Tityrus Trojans Troy unto vine voice war-ships warriors wild wind woods words wrath Zeus ΙΟ
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Page 186 - Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. Begin then, Sisters of the sacred well, That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string.
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Page 256 - Twas autumn — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore From my home and my weeping friends never to part ; My little ones kissed me a thousand times o'er, And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. ' Stay,...
Page 204 - Every burning word he spoke Full of rage, and full of grief : 'Princess ! if our aged eyes Weep upon thy matchless wrongs, 'Tis because resentment ties All the terrors of our tongues. Rome shall perish, — write that word In the blood that she has spilt; Perish hopeless and abhorred, Deep in ruin as in guilt.
Page 208 - And I will make thee beds of roses And a thousand fragrant posies, A cap of flowers, and a kirtle Embroidered all with leaves of myrtle.
Page 196 - The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door 130 Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 238 - Wisely regardful of the embroiling sky, In joyless fields and thorny thickets leaves His shivering mates, and pays to trusted man His annual visit. Half afraid, he first Against the window beats; then brisk alights On the warm hearth; then, hopping o'er the floor, Eyes all the smiling family askance, And pecks, and starts, and wonders where he is — Till, more familiar grown, the table-crumbs Attract his slender feet.
Page 198 - Ay me! Whilst thee the shores, and sounding Seas Wash far away, where'er thy bones are...
Page 222 - Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy autumn fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.