The Gods of Homer and Virgil: Or, Mythology for ChildrenJoseph Thomas, 1837 - 210 pages |
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... thee ? " While Rome , once Empress of the World , no longer rules the nations with sovereign power , and true , though melancholy , are those beautiful lines by Kirke White . " She lives but in the tales of other times ; - Her proud ...
... thee ? " While Rome , once Empress of the World , no longer rules the nations with sovereign power , and true , though melancholy , are those beautiful lines by Kirke White . " She lives but in the tales of other times ; - Her proud ...
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... thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at least by heavenly promise due To life so short , and now dishonoured too . Avenge this wrong , oh ever just and wise ...
... thee , or my actions aid ; Some marks of honour on my son bestow , And pay in glory what in life you owe . Fame is at least by heavenly promise due To life so short , and now dishonoured too . Avenge this wrong , oh ever just and wise ...
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... thee commends her future state , And gives her gods companions of thy fate ; From their assistance happier walls expect , Which , wandering long , at last thou shalt erect . " He said , and brought me from their blest abodes , The ...
... thee commends her future state , And gives her gods companions of thy fate ; From their assistance happier walls expect , Which , wandering long , at last thou shalt erect . " He said , and brought me from their blest abodes , The ...
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... thee ! " MOORE'S Anacreon , ode 28 . Mars and Bellona are well introduced by Homer , assisting and animating the Trojans against the Greeks . Great Hector saw , and raging at the view , Pours on the Greeks ; the Trojan troops pursue ...
... thee ! " MOORE'S Anacreon , ode 28 . Mars and Bellona are well introduced by Homer , assisting and animating the Trojans against the Greeks . Great Hector saw , and raging at the view , Pours on the Greeks ; the Trojan troops pursue ...
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... . HESIOD'S Theogony . Haste thee , nymph , whose winged spear , Wounds the fleeting mountain deer ! Dian , Jove's immortal child , Huntress of the savage wild ! Goddess with the sun - bright hair ! Listen to DIANA . 55.
... . HESIOD'S Theogony . Haste thee , nymph , whose winged spear , Wounds the fleeting mountain deer ! Dian , Jove's immortal child , Huntress of the savage wild ! Goddess with the sun - bright hair ! Listen to DIANA . 55.
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Achilles adored Ægean sea Æneas amongst Anacreon ancient Apollo arms Athens Aurora Bacchus beautiful beneath Boeotia brazen breath called celebrated Ceres chariot Chiron crowned Cybele Cyclades daughter death deities descended Diana divine dreadful earth Esculapius famed famous fate father festivals flames flowers goddess gods gold golden Graces Grecian Greece Greeks hand head heaven Hector hell Hercules heroes HESIOD HOMER honour Iliad immortal island Italy Jove Juno Jupiter king light LUCAN Mercury Minerva monarch monster mortal mother mount mountain Muses Neptune Nereides night numbers nymph o'er ocean Oceanides Olympus oracle OVID OVID'S Metamorphoses Perseus Pluto poets presided Priam principal Proserpine reign river rock rolled Romans Rome sacred Saturn Scamander serpent shore Sicily skies stars sweet temple Terra thee Theogony Theseus Thessaly Thetis Thrace throne thunder town Trojan Trojan war Troy Ulysses usually represented Venus VIRGIL Vulcan waves winds winged worshipped youth Zacynthus