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... sorrows of your inmost soul relate ; And form sure plans to save the sinking state . Should second love a pleasing flame inspire , And the chaste queen connubial rites require ; Dismiss'd with honour , let her hence repair To great ...
... sorrows of your inmost soul relate ; And form sure plans to save the sinking state . Should second love a pleasing flame inspire , And the chaste queen connubial rites require ; Dismiss'd with honour , let her hence repair To great ...
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... sorrow sacred , and secure of fame : My bleeding bosom sickens at the sound , And every piercing note inflicts a wound . " " Why , dearest object of my duteous love , ( Replied the prince , ) will you the bard reprove ? Oft , Jove's ...
... sorrow sacred , and secure of fame : My bleeding bosom sickens at the sound , And every piercing note inflicts a wound . " " Why , dearest object of my duteous love , ( Replied the prince , ) will you the bard reprove ? Oft , Jove's ...
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... sorrows burst their former bounds , With echoing grief afresh the dome resounds ; Till Pallas , piteous of her plaintive cries , In slumber closed her silver - streaming eyes . Meantime , rekindled at the royal charms , Tumultuous love ...
... sorrows burst their former bounds , With echoing grief afresh the dome resounds ; Till Pallas , piteous of her plaintive cries , In slumber closed her silver - streaming eyes . Meantime , rekindled at the royal charms , Tumultuous love ...
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... while distant stood The hoary peers , and aged wisdom bow'd . " Twas silence all . At last Ægyptius spoke ; Ægyptius , by his age and sorrows broke : 10 20 20 A length of days his soul with prudence crown'd , THE COUNCIL OF ITHACA.
... while distant stood The hoary peers , and aged wisdom bow'd . " Twas silence all . At last Ægyptius spoke ; Ægyptius , by his age and sorrows broke : 10 20 20 A length of days his soul with prudence crown'd , THE COUNCIL OF ITHACA.
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... sorrows spring , The great , the good ; your father and your king . Yet more ; our house from its foundation bows , Our foes are powerful , and your sons the foes : Hither , unwelcome to the queen they come ; Why seek they not the rich ...
... sorrows spring , The great , the good ; your father and your king . Yet more ; our house from its foundation bows , Our foes are powerful , and your sons the foes : Hither , unwelcome to the queen they come ; Why seek they not the rich ...
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address'd Alcinoüs Amphinomus Anticlea Antinous arms Atrides attend beneath bless'd blood bower brave breast breath coast cries crown'd death decreed deed descends dire divine dome doom'd dreadful Dulichium Eumæus Euryclea Eurylochus Eurymachus eyes fair faithful fame fate father feast flies goddess gods grace grief guest hand haste hear heart Heaven herds hero honours Ithaca Jove king labours Laërtes Lampetie land lord maid Medon Melanthius mighty mind Minerva monarch native Neleus Neptune night nymph o'er palace Pallas pass'd peers Penelope pensive Phemius Pisistratus press'd prey prince Pylos queen race rage realms rejoin'd replies rise roll'd round royal sacred sails sate shade shining shore sire Sirens play skies soft sorrow soul spoke stranger suitors swain Swift Taphian tears Telemachus thee Theoclymenus thou Tiresias toils touch'd train Ulysses vengeance vessel wandering waves wine woes wretch youth
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Page 168 - The sun ne'er views the uncomfortable seats, When radiant he advances, or retreats: Unhappy race! whom endless night invades, Clouds the dull air, and wraps them round in shades.
Page 186 - 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 270 - He knew his lord :— he knew, and strove to meet (In vain he strove), to crawl, and kiss his feet; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Page 195 - Blest is the man ordained our voice to hear, The song instructs the soul, and charms the ear. Approach ! Thy soul shall into raptures rise ; Approach ! and learn new wisdom from the wise.
Page 138 - And gloomy mischiefs labour in his mind. A form enormous ! far unlike the race Of human birth, in stature, or in face ; As some lone mountain's monstrous growth he stood, Crown'd with rough thickets, and a nodding wood.
Page 66 - From the bleak pole no winds inclement blow, Mould the round hail, or flake the fleecy snow; But from the breezy deep the blest inhale The fragrant murmurs of the western gale.
Page 42 - Thus while he speaks, the ruddy sun descends, And twilight gray her evening shade extends. Then thus the blue ey'd maid: O full of days! Wise are thy words, and just are all thy ways. Now immolate the tongues, and mix the wine, Sacred to Neptune and the powers divine. The lamp of day is quench'd beneath the deep, And soft approach the balmy hours of sleep: Nor fits it to prolong the heavenly feast, Timeless, indecent, but retire to rest.
Page 311 - Jove, and ethereal thrones! with heaven to friend, If the long series of my woes shall end; Of human race now rising from repose, Let one a blissful omen here disclose: And to confirm my faith, propitious Jove! Vouchsafe the sanction of a sign above.
Page 197 - Dire Scylla there a scene of horror forms, And here Charybdis fills the deep with storms. When the tide rushes from her rumbling caves, The rough rock roars ; tumultuous boil the waves, Boisterous and gentle sounds.
Page 1 - Troy, and raz'd her heav'n-built wall, Wandering from clime to clime, observant stray'd, Their manners noted, and their states survey'd. On stormy seas unnumber'd toils he bore, Safe with his friends to gain his natal shore...