| Greek literature - 1813 - 432 pages
...war; Kesolv'd to raise the siege, and leave the town : And, had the gods permitted, they had gone. But oft the wintry seas, and southern winds, Withstood their passage home, aud chaug'd their minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amaz'd ; But most, when this stupendous... | |
| Virgil - 1819 - 488 pages
...war) Resolv'd to raise the siege, and leave the town : And, had the gods permitted, they had gone. But oft the wint'ry seas, and southern winds, Withstood...Dismay'd, and fearful of some dire event, Eurypylus, t' inquire their fate, was sent. He from the gods this dreadful answer brought : {' O Grecians, when... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 502 pages
...minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amazed ; But most, when this stupendous pile was raised; Then flaming meteors, hung in air, were seen, And...Dismay'd, and fearful of some dire event, Eurypylus, to inquire their fate, was sent. He from the gods this dreadful answer brought:' 1 0 Grecians, when... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...their minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amazed; But most, when this stupendous pile was raised: Then flaming meteors, hung in air, were seen, And...Dismay'd, and fearful of some dire event, Eurypylus to' inquire their fate was sent. He from the gods this dreadful answer brought: ' O Grecians, when... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 268 pages
...unsuccessful war) Resolved to raise the siege, and leave the town: And, had the gods permitted, they had gone. But oft the wintry seas, and southern winds, Withstood their passage home, and changed their minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amazed; But most, when this stupendous pile... | |
| Virgil - 1825 - 294 pages
...minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amaz'd; But most, when this stupendous pile was rais'd : 153 Then flaming meteors, hung in air, were seen, And...serene. Dismay'd, and fearful of some dire event, He from the gods this dreadful answer brought : 160 ' O Grecians f when the Trojan shores you sought,... | |
| Virgil - 1828 - 550 pages
...Withstood theii passage home, and changed thet minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amaz'd : 154 But most, when this stupendous pile was rais'd : Then...Dismay'd, and fearful of some dire event, Eurypylus, t' inquire their fate, was sent. 1 33 He from the gods this dreadful answer brought : ' O Grecians,... | |
| Virgil - Agriculture - 1830 - 348 pages
...war) Resolved to raise the siege, and leave the town ; 150 And had the gods permitted, they had gone. But oft the wintry seas, and southern winds, Withstood their passage home, and changed their minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amazed; But most, when this stupendous pile... | |
| Virgil - Aeneas (Legendary character) - 1834 - 314 pages
...war) Resolved to raise the siege, and leave the town ; 150 And had the gods permitted, they had gone. But oft the wintry seas, and southern winds, Withstood their passage home, and changed their minds. Portents and prodigies their souls amazed ; But most, when this stupendous pile... | |
| John Dryden, John Mitford - English literature - 1836 - 488 pages
...unsuccessful war) Resolv'd to raise the siege and leave the town ; And, had the gods permitted, they had gone. But oft the wintry seas, and southern winds. Withstood...But most, when this stupendous pile was rais'd: Then naming meteors, hung in air, were seen, And thunders rattled through a sky serene. Dismay'd and fearful... | |
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