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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... tempest ends ; From his tall ship the king of men descends : There fondly thinks the gods conclude his toil : Far from his own domain salutes the soil : With rapture oft the verge of Greece reviews , And the dear turf with tears of joy ...
... tempest ends ; From his tall ship the king of men descends : There fondly thinks the gods conclude his toil : Far from his own domain salutes the soil : With rapture oft the verge of Greece reviews , And the dear turf with tears of joy ...
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... , and a gathering dark of dusk , [ out The crash of thunders and the glare of flames , The fiery darts of Jove : full in the midst VOL . VI . H Of either host they swept the roaring sound Of tempest TRANSLATIONS , 49.
... , and a gathering dark of dusk , [ out The crash of thunders and the glare of flames , The fiery darts of Jove : full in the midst VOL . VI . H Of either host they swept the roaring sound Of tempest TRANSLATIONS , 49.
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... tempest , and the shouting : mingled rose The din of dreadful battle . There stern strength Put forth the proof of prowess , till the fight Declined : but first in opposite array Full long they stood , and bore the brunt of war . Amid ...
... tempest , and the shouting : mingled rose The din of dreadful battle . There stern strength Put forth the proof of prowess , till the fight Declined : but first in opposite array Full long they stood , and bore the brunt of war . Amid ...
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... tempest darkens o'er their heads , The scatter'd wrecks are whirl'd and dash'd around , And unavailing prayers from dying hosts resound . Some secret force o'erturns the bravest plan , The pride TRANSLATIONS . 103 The Power of ...
... tempest darkens o'er their heads , The scatter'd wrecks are whirl'd and dash'd around , And unavailing prayers from dying hosts resound . Some secret force o'erturns the bravest plan , The pride TRANSLATIONS . 103 The Power of ...
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... tempest on the field . Like vast Orion , when with giant stride He walks through ocean and surmounts the tide : Or , in his grasp an ash , the mountain's boast , Treads earth , and looks amid the starry host . Thus tower'd Mezentius mid ...
... tempest on the field . Like vast Orion , when with giant stride He walks through ocean and surmounts the tide : Or , in his grasp an ash , the mountain's boast , Treads earth , and looks amid the starry host . Thus tower'd Mezentius mid ...
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