On whom that ravening brood of Fate, Who lap the blood of Sorrow, wait : Who, Fear, this ghastly train can see, And look not madly wild, like thee ? EPODE. In earliest Greece, to thee, with partial choice, The grief-full Muse addrest her infant tongue... The Monthly Review, Or, Literary Journal - Page 23publié par - 1764Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - 562 pages
...wild, like thee? 25 EPODE In earliest Greece to thee, with partial choice, The grief-full Muse addrest her infant tongue; The maids and matrons on her awful voice, Silent and pale, in wild amazement hung. Yet he, the bard who first invoked thy name, 30 Disdained in Marathon its pow'r to feel; For not alone... | |
| William Collins - 1926 - 74 pages
...EPOD E. In earlieft Grece to Thee with partial Choice, The Grief-full Mufe addreft her infant Tongue j The Maids and Matrons, on her awful Voice, Silent and pale in wild Amazement hung. Yet * Alluding to the Kw*r apuxnr of Septmckt. See the JtLECTRA. Yet He the Bard * who firft invok'd... | |
| Andrew Kippis - 744 pages
...the Grecian theatre : In earlieft Greece to thee, with partial choice, The grief-full Mufe addrefi'd her infant tongue : The maids and matrons, on her...power infpir,d each mournful line; Tho, gentle Pity elaim,d her mingled part, Yet all the thunders of the fcene are thine. In the Antiftrophe, which coneludes... | |
| Richard Machin, Christopher Norris - 1987 - 422 pages
...chooses to center his Epode: In earliest Greece to thee with partial choice The grief-full Muse addressed her infant tongue; The maids and matrons on her awful voice, Silent and pale, in wild amazement hung. Yet he, the bard who first invoked thy name, Disdained in Marathon its power to feel: For not alone... | |
| Emma Clery, Robert Miles - 2000 - 322 pages
...Jocasta. When once alone it broke the silent scene, And he, the wretch of Thebes, no more appeared.1 ; O Fear, I know thee by my throbbing heart, Thy withering power inspired each mournful line, Though gentle Pity claim her mingled part,14 Yet all the thunders of the... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1853 - 520 pages
...FEAR. Afternoon Paper. " In earliest Greece, to thee, with partial choice, The grief-ful Muse addrest her infant tongue; The maids and matrons, on her awful voice, Silent and pale, in wild amazement hung. Appendix C . " Yet lie, the bard who first invoked thy name, Disdained in Marathon its power to feel;... | |
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