AeneidP.F. Collier, 1909 - 432 páginas |
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Página 65
... unhappy choice of so long a stanza . Mr. Cowley had found out that no kind of staff is proper for a heroic poem , as being all too lyrical ; yet , tho ' he wrote in couplets , where rhyme is freer from constraint , he frequently affects ...
... unhappy choice of so long a stanza . Mr. Cowley had found out that no kind of staff is proper for a heroic poem , as being all too lyrical ; yet , tho ' he wrote in couplets , where rhyme is freer from constraint , he frequently affects ...
Página 76
... unhappy wand'ring train Were toss'd by storms , and scatter'd thro ' the main . Such time , such toil , requir'd the Roman name , Such length of labor for so vast a frame . Now scarce the Trojan fleet , with sails and oars , Had left ...
... unhappy wand'ring train Were toss'd by storms , and scatter'd thro ' the main . Such time , such toil , requir'd the Roman name , Such length of labor for so vast a frame . Now scarce the Trojan fleet , with sails and oars , Had left ...
Página 87
... unhappy lord : the specter stares , And , with erected eyes , his bloody bosom bares . The cruel altars and his fate he tells , And the dire secret of his house reveals , Then warns the widow , with her household gods , To seek a refuge ...
... unhappy lord : the specter stares , And , with erected eyes , his bloody bosom bares . The cruel altars and his fate he tells , And the dire secret of his house reveals , Then warns the widow , with her household gods , To seek a refuge ...
Página 91
... unhappy Troy befall : The wars that fame around the world had blown , All to the life , and ev'ry leader known . There Agamemnon , Priam here , he spies , And fierce Achilles , who both kings defies . He stopp'd , and weeping said : " O ...
... unhappy Troy befall : The wars that fame around the world had blown , All to the life , and ev'ry leader known . There Agamemnon , Priam here , he spies , And fierce Achilles , who both kings defies . He stopp'd , and weeping said : " O ...
Página 94
... unhappy fugitives to grace , And spare the remnant of a pious race ! We come not with design of wasteful prey , To drive the country , force the swains away : Nor such our strength , nor such is our desire ; The vanquish'd dare not to ...
... unhappy fugitives to grace , And spare the remnant of a pious race ! We come not with design of wasteful prey , To drive the country , force the swains away : Nor such our strength , nor such is our desire ; The vanquish'd dare not to ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Æneas Æneid Æneis altars Anchises arms Ascanius Ausonian bear behold betwixt blood breast call'd Carthage chief command coursers Creüsa cries crown'd dare dart death descends design'd Dido divine Ev'n ev'ry eyes fame fatal fate father Faunus fear field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies flood foes forc'd force friends fun'ral fury goddess gods Grecian ground hand haste head heav'n hero honor Italy Jove Juno Juturna king land Latian Latium Lausus Messapus Mezentius mighty mind mix'd Mnestheus night o'er Pallas pass'd peace Phrygian pierc'd pious plain pleas'd poem poet pow'r pray'rs Priam prince promis'd queen race rage rais'd resolv'd rest rising rites Rutulian sacred Segrais seiz'd shades shield shining shore sight Simoïs sire skies slain soul sound spear steeds stood sword Tarchon thee thou thrice thro tow'rs town trembling Trojan troops Troy Turnus Tuscan Tyrian unhappy Virgil vows walls wand'ring winds wood wound youth
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Página 90 - Invites them forth to labour in the sun. Some lead their youth abroad, while some condense Their liquid store, and some in cells dispense. Some at the gate stand ready to receive The golden burden, and their friends relieve. All with united force combine to drive The lazy drones from the laborious hive; With envy stung, they view each other's deeds; The fragrant work with diligence proceeds. "Thrice happy you, whose walls already rise...
Página 178 - Oppress'd with numbers in th' unequal field, His men discourag'd, and himself expell'd, Let him for succor sue from place to place, Torn from his subjects, and his son's embrace. First, let him see his friends in battle slain, And their untimely fate lament in vain ; And when, at length, the cruel war shall cease, On hard conditions may he buy his peace : Nor let him then enjoy supreme command; But fall, untimely, by some hostile hand, And lie...
Página 78 - He said, and hurl'd against the mountain side His quivering spear, and all the god applied. The raging Winds rush through the hollow wound, And dance aloft in air, and skim along the ground ; Then, settling on the sea, the surges sweep, Raise liquid mountains, and disclose the deep. South, East, and West, with mix'd confusion roar, And roll the foaming billows to the shore. The cables crack ; the sailors' fearful cries "\ Ascend ; and sable night involves the skies ; > And heaven itself is ravish'd...
Página 55 - I have long had by me the materials of an English Prosodia, containing all the mechanical rules of versification, wherein I have treated, with some exactness, of the feet, the quantities, and the pauses.
Página 5 - The least and most trivial episodes, or under-actions, which are interwoven in it, are parts either necessary or convenient to carry on the main design; either so necessary, that, without them, the poem must be imperfect, or so convenient, that no others can be imagined more suitable to the place in which they are...
Página 367 - The morn had now dispell'd the shades of night, Restoring toils, when she restor'd the light. The Trojan king and Tuscan chief command To raise the piles along the winding strand. Their friends convey the dead...
Página 64 - I have endeavoured to make Virgil speak such English as he would himself have spoken, if he had been born in England, and in this present age.
Página 220 - Obscure they went thro' dreary shades, that led Along the waste dominions of the dead. Thus wander travelers in woods by night, By the moon's doubtful and malignant light, When Jove in dusky clouds involves the skies, And the faint crescent shoots by fits before their eyes.
Página 81 - Within a long recess there lies a bay: An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride: Broke by the jutting land, on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide...
Página 184 - Since first this isle my father's ashes held: And now the rising day renews the year ; A day for ever sad, for ever dear. This would I celebrate with annual games, With gifts on altars pil'd, and holy flames, Tho...