A Primer of Greek LiteratureHarper, 1877 - 142 стор. |
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Сторінка 55 - Woe, woe ! to-day's woe and the coming morrow's I cover with one groan. And where is found me A limit to these sorrows? And yet what word do I say ? I have foreknown Clearly all things that should be ; nothing done Comes sudden to my soul ; and I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.
Сторінка 107 - And the danger of neglecting her from this point of view does indeed appear to be awful. If death had only been the end of all, the wicked would have had a good bargain in dying, for they would have been happily quit not only of their body, but of their own evil together with their souls.
Сторінка 48 - Queen of all harmonious things, Dancing words and speaking strings, What God, what hero wilt thou sing? What happy man to equal glories bring? Begin, begin thy noble choice, And let the hills around reflect the image of thy voice. Pisa does to Jove belong, Jove and Pisa claim thy song. The fair first-fruits of war, th' Olympic games, Alcides offer'd up to Jove; Alcides too thy strings may move!
Сторінка 20 - And now the twentieth year is past since first I came a stranger from my native shore, Yet have I never heard from thee a word Of anger or reproach. And when the sons Of Priam, and his daughters, and the wives Of Priam's sons, in all their fair array, Taunted me grievously, or Hecuba Herself, — for Priam ever was to me A gracious father,— thou didst take my part With kindly admonitions, and restrain Their tongues with soft address and gentle words. Therefore my heart is grieved, and 1 bewail...
Сторінка 54 - How, wasted by this woe, 1 wrestle down the myriad years of Time ! Behold, how fast around me, The new King of the happy ones sublime Has flung the chain he forged, has shamed and bound me ! Woe, woe ! to-day's woe and the coming morrow's, I cover with one groan ! And where is found...
Сторінка 107 - But now, inasmuch as the soul is manifestly immortal, there is no release or salvation from evil except the attainment of the highest virtue and wisdom. For the soul when on her progress to the world below takes nothing with her but nurture and education ; and these are said greatly to benefit or greatly to injure the departed, at the very beginning of his pilgrimage in the other world.
Сторінка 20 - Turn here your steps ,and here your eyes employ, Ye wretched daughters, and ye sons, of Troy! If e'er ye rush'd in crowds, with vast delight...
Сторінка 20 - The heavens attentive trembled as he spoke. ' Celestial states, immortal gods! give ear, Hear our decree, and reverence what ye hear; The fix'd decree which not all heaven can move; Thou, Fate! fulfil it: and, ye powers!
Сторінка 20 - And moves in silence through the hostile land. When now to Xanthus' yellow stream they drove, (Xanthus, immortal progeny of Jove,) The winged deity forsook their view, And in a moment to Olympus flew. Now shed Aurora round her saffron ray, Sprung through the gates of light, and gave the day : Charged with their mournful load to Ilion go The sage and king, majestically slow.