Specimens of the Poets and Poetry of Greece and RomeWilliam Peter |
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... cause of great Apollo's rage ; Whene'er by Jove's decree our conquering powers Shall humble to. FROM THE ILIAD OF HOMER . Book I. CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON . In the war of Troy , the Greeks having sacked some of the ...
... cause of great Apollo's rage ; Whene'er by Jove's decree our conquering powers Shall humble to. FROM THE ILIAD OF HOMER . Book I. CONTENTION OF ACHILLES AND AGAMEMNON . In the war of Troy , the Greeks having sacked some of the ...
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... cause of all , And suffer , rather than my people fall . The prize , the beauteous prize , I will resign , So dearly valued , and so justly mine . But since for common good I yield the fair , My private loss let grateful Greece repair ...
... cause of all , And suffer , rather than my people fall . The prize , the beauteous prize , I will resign , So dearly valued , and so justly mine . But since for common good I yield the fair , My private loss let grateful Greece repair ...
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... cause ; The gods command me to forgive the past , But let this first invasion be the last : For know , thy blood , when next thou dar'st invade , Shall stream in vengeance on my reeking blade . At this they ceas'd : the stern debate ...
... cause ; The gods command me to forgive the past , But let this first invasion be the last : For know , thy blood , when next thou dar'st invade , Shall stream in vengeance on my reeking blade . At this they ceas'd : the stern debate ...
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... cause . The gods these armies and this force employ , The hostile gods conspire the fate of Troy . Now lift thine eyes , and say what Greek is he ( Far as from hence these aged eyes can see ) Around whose brow such martial graces shine ...
... cause . The gods these armies and this force employ , The hostile gods conspire the fate of Troy . Now lift thine eyes , and say what Greek is he ( Far as from hence these aged eyes can see ) Around whose brow such martial graces shine ...
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... translates : " Without a sign his sword the brave man draws , And asks no omen but his country's cause . " heard ; And back the chariots roll , and coursers HOMER . 11 Attack on the Greeks-Auguries, &c Sotheby Sarpedon Deeds of Hector • ...
... translates : " Without a sign his sword the brave man draws , And asks no omen but his country's cause . " heard ; And back the chariots roll , and coursers HOMER . 11 Attack on the Greeks-Auguries, &c Sotheby Sarpedon Deeds of Hector • ...
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