New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection, Moral, Instructive, and Entertaining, from the Most Eminent British Poets, and Poetical Translators, Volume 6C. and C. Whittingham; Published by Carpenter and son, 1827 - Classical poetry |
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... grace Lycaon's princely dome : There veil'd in spacious coverlets they stand ; And twice ten coursers wait their lord's command . The good old warrior bade me trust to these , When first for Troy I sail'd the sacred seas ; In fields ...
... grace Lycaon's princely dome : There veil'd in spacious coverlets they stand ; And twice ten coursers wait their lord's command . The good old warrior bade me trust to these , When first for Troy I sail'd the sacred seas ; In fields ...
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... grace adorn , Fair as the new - born star that gilds the morn . To this loved infant Hector gave the name Scamandrius , from Scamander's honour'd stream ; Astyanax the Trojans call'd the boy , From his great Father , the defence of Troy ...
... grace adorn , Fair as the new - born star that gilds the morn . To this loved infant Hector gave the name Scamandrius , from Scamander's honour'd stream ; Astyanax the Trojans call'd the boy , From his great Father , the defence of Troy ...
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... grace , I hate alliance with a tyrant's race . If Heaven restore me to my realms with life , The reverend Peleus shall elect my wife ; Thessalian nymphs there are , of form divine , And kings that sue to mix their blood with mine ...
... grace , I hate alliance with a tyrant's race . If Heaven restore me to my realms with life , The reverend Peleus shall elect my wife ; Thessalian nymphs there are , of form divine , And kings that sue to mix their blood with mine ...
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... grace . Thus issuing radiant with majestic pace , Forth from the dome the ' imperial goddess moves , And calls the mother of the smiles and loves . HOMER . POPE . THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES . THEN first he form'd the 20 P. XI . ELEGANT ...
... grace . Thus issuing radiant with majestic pace , Forth from the dome the ' imperial goddess moves , And calls the mother of the smiles and loves . HOMER . POPE . THE SHIELD OF ACHILLES . THEN first he form'd the 20 P. XI . ELEGANT ...
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... grace . To this , one pathway gently winding leads , Where march a train with baskets on their heads , ( Fair maids and blooming youths ) that smiling bear The purple product of the ' autumnal year . To these a youth awakes the warbling ...
... grace . To this , one pathway gently winding leads , Where march a train with baskets on their heads , ( Fair maids and blooming youths ) that smiling bear The purple product of the ' autumnal year . To these a youth awakes the warbling ...
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