Specimens of the classic poets in a chronolgical series from Homer to Tryphiodorus. tr. into Engl. verse, with biogr. and critical notices by C.A. Elton, Volume 11814 |
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Common terms and phrases
Achilles Adonis Anacreon ancient Apollonius APOLLONIUS RHODIUS Aratus Bacchylides behold beneath Bion blank verse bloom breast breath CALLIMACHUS charms Colchian coursers damsels dark deep dirge of woe earth English Translators Erinna eyes fair father feet flame flowers gaze genius gliding Goddess Gods GORGO grace Greece Greeks grief hand haste head heart Heaven Hector Hercules Hesiod Hipparchus Homer Hymns immortal Ionia isle Jason Jove king Laërtes leap'd limbs lips look'd LYCOPHRON maid Meleager midst mighty MIMNERMUS mortal Moschus mother mountain night numbers nymph o'er odes ONOMACRITUS pass'd Peleus Pindar poems poet poetical poetry PRAXINOE RHIANUS rhyme roll'd rose round rush'd Sappho sate ships shore shrill Sicilian Muses sight Simonides sing sleep smile soft song soul spear steeds stood sweet tears thee Theocritus thine thou thought Tiphys Trojans Troy turn'd Ulysses Venus verse virgin waves wind wing youth
Popular passages
Page 372 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 373 - But man dieth, and wasteth away : Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? As the waters fail from the sea, And the flood decayeth and drieth up : So man lieth down, and riseth not. Till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, Nor be raised out of their sleep.
Page xxii - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night! O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene...
Page 168 - If deed of honour did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
Page xxii - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight. Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page xvi - Let that care be with them who deal in matters of fact, or matters of faith ; but whosoever aims at it in poetry, as he attempts what is not required, so shall he never perform what he attempts; for it is.
Page xviii - That the style and manner of writing should be of the same character with that of the original. III. That the Translation should have all the ease of original composition.
Page 74 - From courser-breeding Thrace comes rushing forth O'er the broad sea the whirlwind of the north, And moves it with his breath: the ocean floods Heave, and earth bellows through her wild of woods.
Page xvi - And a too close and servile imitation, which the same poet calls ' treading on the heels of an author,' is deservedly laughed at by Sir John Denham ; ' I conceive it,' says he, ' a vulgar error in translating poets, to affect being Jidus interpres. Let that care be with them who deal in matters of fact, or matters of faith ; but whosoever aims at it in poetry, as he attempts what is not required, so...
Page 79 - A shaking and a gathering dark of dust, Crushing the thunders from the clouds of air, Hot thunderbolts and flames, the fiery darts Of Jove ; and in the midst of either host They bore upon their blast the cry confused Of battle, and the shouting.