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" I perish ere th' allotted term, I deem that death a blessing. Who that lives, Like me, encompassed by unnumbered ills, But would account it blessedness to die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From... "
The tragedies of Sophocles, tr. into Engl. verse. By T. Dale - Page 241
by Sophocles - 1824
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Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and Rome

William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 568 pages
...incur The vengeance of the- gods. I knew before That I must die, though thou hadst ne'er proclaim'd it, And if I perish ere th' allotted term, I deem...might grieve me ; But for this deed I mourn not. If to theo Mine actions seem unwise, 'tis thine own soul That errs from wisdom, when it deems me senseless....
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Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and Rome

William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 562 pages
...unnumbered ills, But would account it blessedness to die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assigu, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From...bare earth To lie unburied, that indeed might grieve rnc ; But for this deed I mourn not. If to thee Mine actions seem unwise, 'tis thine own soul That...
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Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and Rome

William Peter - 1856 - 590 pages
...grieves me. Had I left my brother, From mine own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburicd, that indeed might grieve me ; But for this deed I...That errs from wisdom, when it deems me senseless. CA. This maiden shares her father's stubborn soul And scorns to bend beneath misfortune's power. Cr....
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The Poets and the Poetry of the Ancient Greeks: With an Historical ...

Abraham Mills - Greek literature - 1858 - 498 pages
...die? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, from my own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied,...wisdom, when it deems me senseless. Ch. This maiden shows her father's stubborn soul, ?• '//'•" •• And scorns to bend beneath misfortune's power....
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A Compendium of Classical Literature: Comprising Choice Extracts Translated ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - Authors, Classical - 1861 - 634 pages
...die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assigu, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From my own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied,...that, indeed, might grieve me ; But for this deed I monrn not. If to thee Mine actious seem unwise. 'tis thine own soni That errs from wisdom, when it...
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A Compendium of Classical Literature: Comprising Choice Extracts Translated ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - Authors, Classical - 1861 - 632 pages
...die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From my own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied,...that, indeed, might grieve me ; But for this deed 1 monrn not. If to thee Mine actious seem unwise, 'tis thine own sonl That errs from wisdom, when it...
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Classic Literature: Principally Sanskrit, Greek, and Roman, with Some ...

Catherine Ann White - Classical literature - 1877 - 466 pages
...the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From my own mother sprang, on the bare earth To lie unburied, that, indeed, might grieve me ; But for this deed I mourn not." —DALE. During the entire play the attitude of the chorus is singular. There is no indignation expressed...
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The Student's Mythology: A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian ...

Catherine Ann White - 1888 - 332 pages
...die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From my own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied, that, indeed, might grieve me ; I>ut for this deed I mourn not." . . CHAPTER XXXVIL .ENEAS. Ques. Who was .ZEne'as ? Ans. He was...
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The Student's Mythology: A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian ...

C. A. White - Education - 1889 - 374 pages
...die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From my own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied,...might grieve me ; But for this deed I mourn not." . . CHAPTEE XXXVEL .ENEAS. Ques. Who was JEne'as ? Ans. He was a Trojan chief, the son of Venug and...
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Half-hours with the Best Foreign Authors, Volume 1

Charles Morris - Anthologies - 1888 - 536 pages
...die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From my own mother sprung, on the bare earth To lie unburied,...wisdom, when it deems me senseless. Ch. This maiden shows her father's stubborn soul, And scorns to bend beneath misfortune's power. Cr. Yet thou mightst...
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