Ovid, Volym 2Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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Sida 17
... mind a proper form employs , Admonish'd by their horns , she fix'd her choice , Their former crest remains upon their heads , And their strong limbs an ox's shape invades . The blasphemous Propœtides denied Worship of Venus , and her ...
... mind a proper form employs , Admonish'd by their horns , she fix'd her choice , Their former crest remains upon their heads , And their strong limbs an ox's shape invades . The blasphemous Propœtides denied Worship of Venus , and her ...
Sida 18
... mind to move , And now with gifts , the powerful bribes of love : He furnishes her closet first , and fills 370 The crowded shelves with rarities of shells ; Adds orient pearls , which from the conchs he drew , And all the sparkling ...
... mind to move , And now with gifts , the powerful bribes of love : He furnishes her closet first , and fills 370 The crowded shelves with rarities of shells ; Adds orient pearls , which from the conchs he drew , And all the sparkling ...
Sida 26
... mind to seize the bait , And to the massy gold gave double weight : My favour to my votary was show'd ; Her speed I lessen'd , and increased her load . But lest , though long , the rapid race he run , Before my longer , tedious tale is ...
... mind to seize the bait , And to the massy gold gave double weight : My favour to my votary was show'd ; Her speed I lessen'd , and increased her load . But lest , though long , the rapid race he run , Before my longer , tedious tale is ...
Sida 36
... mind . 240 For where high Tmolus rears his shady brow , 230 And from his cliffs surveys the seas below In his descent , by Sardis bounded here , By the small confines of Hypæpa there , Pan to the nymphs his frolic ditties play'd ...
... mind . 240 For where high Tmolus rears his shady brow , 230 And from his cliffs surveys the seas below In his descent , by Sardis bounded here , By the small confines of Hypæpa there , Pan to the nymphs his frolic ditties play'd ...
Sida 38
... mind , For still a greater plague remains behind ; A huge sea monster lodges on the sands , And the king's daughter for his prey demands . To him , that saved the damsel , was decreed A set of horses of the sun's fine breed ; But , when ...
... mind , For still a greater plague remains behind ; A huge sea monster lodges on the sands , And the king's daughter for his prey demands . To him , that saved the damsel , was decreed A set of horses of the sun's fine breed ; But , when ...
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Achilles Acontius Ajax Anaxarete arms bear behold betray'd bless'd blood bore breast Briseis call'd Ceyx charms cried crime cursed Cycnus Cydippe CYPARISSUS dart dear death dreadful earth Ev'n eyes face fair fame fatal fate father fear fierce fight fill'd fire fix'd flame flies flood goddess gods grace Grecian Greece grief hair hand haste heart heaven Hector Hecuba hero Hippolytus Hippomenes honour hope join'd Jove kind king Latian Lemnos light limbs live Macareus maid Medea Menelaus mighty mind mourn night nuptial nymph o'er once pass'd Peleus pious Pirithous plain prayers prey Priam PROTESILAUS race rage sacred sails Sappho Scylla seas seem'd shade shame shore sight sire skies slain soft soul stood streams sword tears tender thee Theseus thine thou Thracian trembling Trojan Troy Twas Ulysses Venus Vertumnus vows waves wife winds wound wretch yield youth
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Sida 156 - But suffer inmate souls secure to dwell, Lest from their seats your parents you expel ; With rabid hunger feed upon your kind, Or from a beast dislodge a brother's mind.
Sida 167 - To inclose his body, and his soul expel. Ill customs by degrees to habits rise, 111 habits soon become exalted vice : What more advance can mortals make in sin, So near perfection, who with blood begin ? Deaf to the calf that lies beneath the knife, Looks up, and from her butcher begs her life...
Sida 156 - And as the fountain still supplies her store, The wave behind impels the wave before; Thus in successive course the minutes run, And urge their predecessor minutes on...
Sida 93 - There in the midst of arms, I plead our cause, Urge the foul rape, and violated laws ; Accuse the foes, as authors of the strife, Reproach the ravisher, demand the wife. Priam, Antenor, and the wiser few...
Sida 155 - Those I would teach ; and by right reason bring To think of death, as but an idle thing. Why thus affrighted at an empty name, A dream of darkness, and fictitious flame ? Vain themes of wit, which but in poems pass...
Sida 63 - Tis built of brass, the better to diffuse The spreading sounds, and multiply the news; Where echoes in repeated echoes play; A mart for ever full, and open night and day. Nor silence is within, nor voice express, But a deaf noise of sounds, that never cease ; Confused, and chiding, like the hollow roar Of tides receding from the insulted shore; Or like the broken thunder heard from far, When Jove to distance drives the rolling war.
Sida 83 - Then when he saw the promised hour was near, He thus bespoke the god, that guides the year : — Immortal offspring of my brother Jove, My brightest nephew, and whom best I love, Whose hands were join'd with mine, to raise the wall Of...
Sida 53 - And mock their forms, the leaves on trees not more, Nor bearded ears in fields, nor sands upon the shore.
Sida 241 - And I, perhaps, may yield to your desire. You last demand a private conference ; These are your words, but I can guess your sense. Your unripe hopes their harvest must attend ; Be ruled by me, and time may be your friend.
Sida 71 - The hero snatch'd it up, and toss'd in air Full at the front of the foul ravisher. He falls ; and falling vomits forth a flood Of wine, and foam, and brains, and mingled blood. Half roaring, and half neighing through the hall, Arms, arms...