New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British poets and poetical translators, by R.A. Davenport, Volumen6 |
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... o'er the dusty field , So towers his helmet , and so flames his shield . If ' tis a god , he wears that chief's disguise ; Or if that chief , some guardian of the skies , Involved in clouds , protects him in the fray , And turns unseen ...
... o'er the dusty field , So towers his helmet , and so flames his shield . If ' tis a god , he wears that chief's disguise ; Or if that chief , some guardian of the skies , Involved in clouds , protects him in the fray , And turns unseen ...
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... o'er the plain . These , were the rich immortal prize our own , Through the wide world should make our glory known . ' Thus while they spoke , the foe came furious on , And stern Lycaon's warlike race begun : [ sail'd , ' Prince , thou ...
... o'er the plain . These , were the rich immortal prize our own , Through the wide world should make our glory known . ' Thus while they spoke , the foe came furious on , And stern Lycaon's warlike race begun : [ sail'd , ' Prince , thou ...
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... O'er the fallen trunk his ample shield display'd , He hides the hero with his mighty shade , And threats aloud : the Greeks with longing eyes Behold at distance , but forbear the prize . Then fierce Tydides stoops ; and from the fields ...
... O'er the fallen trunk his ample shield display'd , He hides the hero with his mighty shade , And threats aloud : the Greeks with longing eyes Behold at distance , but forbear the prize . Then fierce Tydides stoops ; and from the fields ...
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... O'er her broad shoulders hangs his horrid shield , Dire , black , tremendous ! Round the margin roll'd , A fringe of serpents hissing guards the gold : Here all the terrors of grim War appear , Here rages Force , here tremble Flight and ...
... O'er her broad shoulders hangs his horrid shield , Dire , black , tremendous ! Round the margin roll'd , A fringe of serpents hissing guards the gold : Here all the terrors of grim War appear , Here rages Force , here tremble Flight and ...
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... O'er all the gods superior and alone . There with her snowy hand the queen restrains The fiery steeds , and thus to Jove complains- ' O sire ! can no resentment touch thy soul ? Can Mars rebel , and does no thunder roll ? What lawless ...
... O'er all the gods superior and alone . There with her snowy hand the queen restrains The fiery steeds , and thus to Jove complains- ' O sire ! can no resentment touch thy soul ? Can Mars rebel , and does no thunder roll ? What lawless ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Admetus Æneas Armida arms AUSONIUS beam beauteous behold bend beneath bird bless'd bliss bloom blushing bosom breast breath bright brow charms Cocytus coursers cried crown'd dark dart dear death deep delight doom'd dread e'en earth eyes FABLIAU fade fair falchion fate fear fire fix'd flame flowers fond gaze glow gods gold golden grace hand hast hear heart heaven hour Jove LATIN Lausus light limbs lips maid MELEAGER Mezentius mighty mourn ne'er night nymph o'er once pain pale pass'd PAUL THE SILENTIARY Phlegethon plain press'd pride rage repose rest Rhadamanthus Rodomont roll'd rose round seem'd shade shining shore sighs silvan Simoïs sire SIRMIO skies sleep smile soft song soothe soul spread spring steeds stream sweet Tartarus tears tempest thee thine thou toil trembling Twas vermil voice waves wild wildgrave winds wound wretched youth
Pasajes populares
Página 12 - My soul impels me to the embattled plains! Let me be foremost to defend the throne, And guard my father's glories, and my own. "Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Página 40 - Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
Página 39 - He knew his lord : — he knew, and strove to meet (In vain he strove), to crawl, and kiss his feet; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Página 75 - Celestial visitant, once more Thy needful presence I implore ! In pity come, and ease my grief, Bring my distemper'd soul relief, Favour thy suppliant's hidden fires, And give me all my heart desires.
Página 13 - O thou ! whose glory fills th' ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age ! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, ' This chief transcends his father's fame :' While pleased, amidst the general shouts of Troy,...
Página 13 - Embitters all thy woes, by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame, A thousand griefs shall waken at the name ! May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental clay ! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.
Página 12 - Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all, in thee: Alas! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall, Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share: Oh, prove a husband's and a father's care! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon...
Página 73 - Twas this deprived my soul of rest, And rais'd such tumults in my breast ; For while I gaz'd, in transport tost, My breath was gone, my voice was lost : My bosom glow'd ; the subtle flame Ran quick through all my vital frame ; O'er my dim eyes a darkness hung ; My ears with hollow murmurs rung.
Página 36 - Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green enclosure all around. Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mold; The red'ning apple ripens here to gold, Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year. The balmy spirit of the western gale Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail: Each dropping pear a following pear...
Página 27 - tis certain; man, though dead, retains Part of himself; the immortal mind remains: The form subsists without the body's aid, Aerial semblance, and an empty shade!