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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... thine the steeds , be thine the task to guide . The horses , practised to their lord's command , Shall hear the rein , and answer to thy hand ; But if , unhappy , we desert the fight , Thy voice alone can animate their flight : Else ...
... thine the steeds , be thine the task to guide . The horses , practised to their lord's command , Shall hear the rein , and answer to thy hand ; But if , unhappy , we desert the fight , Thy voice alone can animate their flight : Else ...
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... Thine be the guidance then : with spear and shield Myself will charge this terror of the field . ' And now both heroes mount the glittering car ; The bounding coursers rush amidst the war . Their fierce approach bold Sthenelus espied ...
... Thine be the guidance then : with spear and shield Myself will charge this terror of the field . ' And now both heroes mount the glittering car ; The bounding coursers rush amidst the war . Their fierce approach bold Sthenelus espied ...
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... hairs defiled with gore , Not all my brothers gasping on the shore ; As thine , Andromache ! thy griefs I dread ; I see thee trembling , weeping , captive led ! In Argive looms our battles to design , And woes 12 P. XI . ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
... hairs defiled with gore , Not all my brothers gasping on the shore ; As thine , Andromache ! thy griefs I dread ; I see thee trembling , weeping , captive led ! In Argive looms our battles to design , And woes 12 P. XI . ELEGANT EXTRACTS .
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... thine ! To bear the victor's hard commands , or bring The weight of waters from Hyperia's spring . There , while you groan beneath the load of life , They cry , " Behold the mighty Hector's wife ! " Some haughty Greek , who lives thy ...
... thine ! To bear the victor's hard commands , or bring The weight of waters from Hyperia's spring . There , while you groan beneath the load of life , They cry , " Behold the mighty Hector's wife ! " Some haughty Greek , who lives thy ...
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... thine ! Together have we lived ; together bred , One house received us , and one table fed ; That golden urn , thy goddess - mother gave , May mix our ashes in one common grave . ' And is it thou ? ( he answers ) to my sight Once more ...
... thine ! Together have we lived ; together bred , One house received us , and one table fed ; That golden urn , thy goddess - mother gave , May mix our ashes in one common grave . ' And is it thou ? ( he answers ) to my sight Once more ...
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