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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... mortal ! if we mortal call That wondrous force by which whole armies fall ; Or god incensed , who quits the distant skies To punish Troy for slighted sacrifice : ( Which oh avert from our unhappy state ; For what so dreadful as ...
... mortal ! if we mortal call That wondrous force by which whole armies fall ; Or god incensed , who quits the distant skies To punish Troy for slighted sacrifice : ( Which oh avert from our unhappy state ; For what so dreadful as ...
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... mortal mares , from fierce Laomedon : Four of this race his ample stalls contain , And two transport Æneas o'er the plain . These , were the rich immortal prize our own , Through the wide world should make our glory known . ' Thus while ...
... mortal mares , from fierce Laomedon : Four of this race his ample stalls contain , And two transport Æneas o'er the plain . These , were the rich immortal prize our own , Through the wide world should make our glory known . ' Thus while ...
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... mortal sweets . Thus while she breathed of heaven , with decent Her artful hands the radiant tresses tied ; [ pride Part on her head in shining ringlets roll'd , Part o'er her shoulders waved like melted gold . Around her next a ...
... mortal sweets . Thus while she breathed of heaven , with decent Her artful hands the radiant tresses tied ; [ pride Part on her head in shining ringlets roll'd , Part o'er her shoulders waved like melted gold . Around her next a ...
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... mortal sway Matter is changed and varying forms decay , Elysium shall be thine ; the blissful plains Of utmost earth , where Rhadamanthus reigns . Joys ever young , unmix'd with pain or fear , Fill the wide circle of the ' eternal year ...
... mortal sway Matter is changed and varying forms decay , Elysium shall be thine ; the blissful plains Of utmost earth , where Rhadamanthus reigns . Joys ever young , unmix'd with pain or fear , Fill the wide circle of the ' eternal year ...
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... mortal race . The Sire commands the winged herald bear The finish'd nymph , the ' inextricable snare : To Epimetheus was the present brought ; Prometheus ' warning vanish'd from his thought : That he disclaim each offering from the ...
... mortal race . The Sire commands the winged herald bear The finish'd nymph , the ' inextricable snare : To Epimetheus was the present brought ; Prometheus ' warning vanish'd from his thought : That he disclaim each offering from the ...
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Æneas Armida arms AUSONIUS beam beauteous behold bend beneath bird bless'd bliss bloom blushing bosom breast breath bright brow charms cheek Cocytus coursers cries crown'd dark dart dear death deep delight dread e'en earth eyes fade fair falchion fate fear fire fix'd flame flowers fond gale gaze glow gods gold golden grace grief hand hast heart heaven hour Jove LATIN Lausus LEONIDAS OF TARENTUM light limbs lips maid MELEAGER Mezentius mighty mourn ne'er night nymph o'er pain pale pass'd PAUL THE SILENTIARY Phlegethon plain press'd pride rage repose rest Rhadamanthus Rodomont roll'd rose round seem'd shade shining shore sighs silvan Simoïs sire SIRMIO skies sleep smile soft song soothe soul spring steeds stream sweet swell Tartarus tears tempest thee thine thou toil trembling vermil voice waves wild wildgrave winds wound wretched youth