The Poems of HoraceBell & Sons, 1902 - 293 pages |
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... greedy thirst they sever right from wrong by the thin line of their own selfish lusts . 66 Thee , Bassareus , ever fair and ever young , " I will not ' gainst thy wish disturb , nor will I drag to light what lies . concealed by leaves ...
... greedy thirst they sever right from wrong by the thin line of their own selfish lusts . 66 Thee , Bassareus , ever fair and ever young , " I will not ' gainst thy wish disturb , nor will I drag to light what lies . concealed by leaves ...
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... one and the same , awaits us all , and Death's dread avenue must once be trod . Some do the Furies fling to Mars ' grim sport : the greedy sea becomes the sailor's grave : the funerals of young and old crowd thick 26-28 . ] 221 THE ODES .
... one and the same , awaits us all , and Death's dread avenue must once be trod . Some do the Furies fling to Mars ' grim sport : the greedy sea becomes the sailor's grave : the funerals of young and old crowd thick 26-28 . ] 221 THE ODES .
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... greedy ear the tales of battles and of banished kings . What wonder , when that monster of the hundred heads , dazed by their songs , hangs down his sable ears ; and snakes entwined in Furies ' locks are lulled to rest . Aye , e'en ...
... greedy ear the tales of battles and of banished kings . What wonder , when that monster of the hundred heads , dazed by their songs , hangs down his sable ears ; and snakes entwined in Furies ' locks are lulled to rest . Aye , e'en ...
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... greedy as himself . What seek you farther ? Earth opens with impartial mouth for pauper and for prince ; nor did Hell's ferryman for golden lure bear back to upper Earth the great Prometheus with his many wiles . Orcus confines the ...
... greedy as himself . What seek you farther ? Earth opens with impartial mouth for pauper and for prince ; nor did Hell's ferryman for golden lure bear back to upper Earth the great Prometheus with his many wiles . Orcus confines the ...
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... greedy sea . At such a time the breeze and Pollux with his brother twin shall bear me through Ægean swells , safe in the keeping of a two - oared skiff . ODE XXX . THE POET'S IMMORTAL Fame . A monument 29. ] 71 THE ODES .
... greedy sea . At such a time the breeze and Pollux with his brother twin shall bear me through Ægean swells , safe in the keeping of a two - oared skiff . ODE XXX . THE POET'S IMMORTAL Fame . A monument 29. ] 71 THE ODES .
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2nd Edition A. H. Bullen Anticyra Bacchus bear better bring Cæsar cask CELSUS ALBINOVANUS death delight dread earth English Engravings Ennius EPISTLE EPODE Falernian Falernian wine fame father fault Faunus fear feast gain gift give gods greedy Greek guest hand happy heart History honour Horace Illustrations Jove JULIUS FLORUS kings lated Latium laugh lest literally live Lucanian Lucilius lyre Mæcenas means Medes midst mind Muse ne'er night noble nought o'er once Orcus poems poet Portraits praise pray prayers Prose rich Roman Rome sacred SATIRE SATIRE VI seek sesterces shun sing slave sleep strains stream sweet Tarentum taste Telephus tell thee things thou Thracian Tibur TIRESIAS toil Trans Translated Venus verses vols wealth what's William Hazlitt winds wine wish wont Woodcuts woods words wrath write youth
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