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Earth , air , sea , glowed : the billows heaved on high , Foamed round the shores , and dashed on every side Beneath the rush of gods . Concussion wild And unappeasable uprose : aghast The gloomy monarch of the infernal dead Shuddered ...
Earth , air , sea , glowed : the billows heaved on high , Foamed round the shores , and dashed on every side Beneath the rush of gods . Concussion wild And unappeasable uprose : aghast The gloomy monarch of the infernal dead Shuddered ...
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Once in your cause I felt his matchless might , Hurled headlong downward from th ' ethereal height ; Tossed all the day in rapid circles round ; Nor till the sun descended touched the ground : Breathless I fell , in giddy motion lost ...
Once in your cause I felt his matchless might , Hurled headlong downward from th ' ethereal height ; Tossed all the day in rapid circles round ; Nor till the sun descended touched the ground : Breathless I fell , in giddy motion lost ...
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Above the whispering trees his head he rears , From their incumb'ring boughs to free his ears ; A wreath of oak alone his temples bound , The pendent acorns loosely dangled round . In me , your judge , ( says he , ) there's no delay ...
Above the whispering trees his head he rears , From their incumb'ring boughs to free his ears ; A wreath of oak alone his temples bound , The pendent acorns loosely dangled round . In me , your judge , ( says he , ) there's no delay ...
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The golden goblet crowns with purple wine : While the full bowls flow round , the Powers employ Their careful eyes on long contended Troy . Iliad , book 4 . Homer again introduces Hebe , preparing the chariot for Juno , when she ...
The golden goblet crowns with purple wine : While the full bowls flow round , the Powers employ Their careful eyes on long contended Troy . Iliad , book 4 . Homer again introduces Hebe , preparing the chariot for Juno , when she ...
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Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame ; The circles gold , of uncorrupted frame , Such as the heavens produce ; and round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were rolled . The bossy naves of solid silver shone ; Braces of gold ...
Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame ; The circles gold , of uncorrupted frame , Such as the heavens produce ; and round the gold Two brazen rings of work divine were rolled . The bossy naves of solid silver shone ; Braces of gold ...
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Page 196 - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
Page 12 - Clime of the unforgotten brave ! Whose land from plain to mountain-cave Was Freedom's home or Glory's grave ! Shrine of the mighty ! can it be, That this is all remains of thee?
Page 29 - Meantime imperial Neptune heard the sound Of raging billows breaking on the ground. Displeased, and fearing for his...
Page 26 - This fated sign their foundress Juno gave, Of a soil fruitful, and a people brave. Sidonian Dido here with solemn state Did Juno's temple build, and consecrate, Enrich'd with gifts, and with a golden shrine; But more the goddess made the place divine.
Page 36 - The foes already have possess'd the wall : Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Enough is paid to Priam's royal name, More than enough to duty and to fame. If by a mortal hand my father's throne Could be defended, 'twas by mine alone. Now Troy to thee commends her future state, And gives her gods companions of thy fate : From their assistance, happier walls expect, Which, wand'ring long, at last thou shalt erect.
Page 96 - Tis built of brass, the better to diffuse The spreading sounds, and multiply the news; Where echoes in repeated echoes play; A mart for ever full, and open night and day. Nor silence is within, nor voice express, But a deaf noise of sounds, that never cease ; Confused, and chiding, like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the insulted shore; Or like the broken thunder heard from far, When Jove to distance drives the rolling war.
Page 174 - Twas dead of night, when weary bodies close Their eyes in balmy sleep, and soft repose : The winds no longer whisper through the woods, Nor murmuring tides disturb the gentle floods. The stars in silent order moved around ; And Peace, with downy wings, was brooding on the ground. The flocks and herds, and...
Page 171 - And t' other seer, yet by his wife unsold. A thousand others of immortal fame ; Among the rest, fair Atalanta came, Grace of the woods : a diamond buckle bound Her vest behind, that else had...
Page 30 - The realms of ocean and the fields of air Are mine, not his; by fatal lot to me The liquid empire fell, and trident of the sea. His pow'r to hollow caverns is confin'd, There let him reign, the jailor of the wind: With hoarse commands his breathing subjects call, And boast and bluster in his empty hall.
Page 92 - Appear'd around, and groves of living green ; Poplars and alders ever quivering play'd, And nodding cypress form'da fragrant shade ; On whose high branches, waving with the storm, The birds of broadest wing their...