Progressive exercises on the composition of Greek iambic verseWhittaker & Company, 1847 - 123 páginas |
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Página 68
... arm thyself against other enemies , But let there be peace to thy soul with thyself : The boy yet lives , for this hand a maiden Is yet , having done none at all of the things thou speakest of , Nor hath it been bloodstained with ...
... arm thyself against other enemies , But let there be peace to thy soul with thyself : The boy yet lives , for this hand a maiden Is yet , having done none at all of the things thou speakest of , Nor hath it been bloodstained with ...
Página 72
... arms . Laughter then commences indeed cheerful , But lamentation is a companion to it departing . By the gods , let not in - any - wise virtue hunt for Reward of its former being , for high birth , Courage , wisdom , beauty , zeal , XI ...
... arms . Laughter then commences indeed cheerful , But lamentation is a companion to it departing . By the gods , let not in - any - wise virtue hunt for Reward of its former being , for high birth , Courage , wisdom , beauty , zeal , XI ...
Página 98
... arms . And here she kneels , poor maid ! all dumb with grief . Restrain thy sorrow , gentlest Evelina : true , thou dost see me bleed : I bleed to death . Ev . Sayst thou to death ! Oh Gods ! the barbed shaft is buried in his breast ...
... arms . And here she kneels , poor maid ! all dumb with grief . Restrain thy sorrow , gentlest Evelina : true , thou dost see me bleed : I bleed to death . Ev . Sayst thou to death ! Oh Gods ! the barbed shaft is buried in his breast ...
Página 99
... arm wrought salvation for me , and mine indignation sustained me . A. Strengthen ye the feeble hands , and confirm ye the tottering knees . Say ye to the faint - hearted : Be ye strong ; fear ye not ; behold your God ! He himself will ...
... arm wrought salvation for me , and mine indignation sustained me . A. Strengthen ye the feeble hands , and confirm ye the tottering knees . Say ye to the faint - hearted : Be ye strong ; fear ye not ; behold your God ! He himself will ...
Página 101
... arms : thou canst not . Thy poor arms are bound , and strive in vain with the remorseless chains , which gnaw and eat into thy flesh , fest'ring thy limbs with rankling rust . 1830 . LET it be so - Thy truth , then , be thy dower ; for ...
... arms : thou canst not . Thy poor arms are bound , and strive in vain with the remorseless chains , which gnaw and eat into thy flesh , fest'ring thy limbs with rankling rust . 1830 . LET it be so - Thy truth , then , be thy dower ; for ...
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Página 99 - Glamis thou art, and Cawdor, and shalt be What thou art promised. Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should...
Página 99 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, And the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: For in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Página 106 - Helicanus, strike me, honour'd sir; Give me a gash, put me to present pain; Lest this great sea of joys rushing upon me, O'erbear the shores of my mortality, And drown me with great sweetness.
Página 115 - A whirlwind rose, that, with a violent blast, Shook all the dome : the doors around me clapt ; The iron wicket, that defends the vault, Where the long race of Ptolemies is laid, Burst open, and disclosed the mighty dead. From out each monument, in order placed, An armed ghost starts up: the boy-king last Reared his inglorious head. A peal of groans Then followed, and a lamentable voice Cried, Egypt is no more...
Página 108 - Steep'd me in poverty to the very lips, Given to captivity me and my utmost hopes, I should have found in some place of my soul A drop of patience...
Página 102 - The barbarous Scythian, Or he that makes his generation messes To gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom Be as well neighbour'd, pitied, and relieved, As thou my sometime daughter.
Página 99 - It is too full o' the milk of human kindness, To catch the nearest way. Thou would'st be great; Art not without ambition; but without The illness should attend it. What thou would'st highly, That...