Beautiful thoughts from Greek authors, with Engl. transl. and lives of the authors, by C.T. RamageCraufurd Tait Ramage 1864 |
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142 ページ - 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 ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
140 ページ - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
142 ページ - 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.
140 ページ - Yet, while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee : Alas ! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : Oh ! prove a husband's and a father's care! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon wild fig-trees join the wall of Troy : Thou from this tower defend th...
158 ページ - Temper'd with drugs of sovereign use, t' assuage The boiling bosom of tumultuous rage ; To clear the cloudy front of wrinkled Care, And dry the tearful sluices of Despair : Charm'd with that virtuous draught, th' exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind.
161 ページ - Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended and inclement skies. Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenced with a green enclosure all around. Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould; The reddening apple ripens here to gold.
139 ページ - Heaven's gates spontaneous opens to the powers, Heaven's golden gates, kept by the winged Hours ; Commission'd in alternate watch they stand, The sun's bright portals and the skies command, Involve in clouds the' eternal gates of day, Or the dark barrier roll with ease away. The sounding hinges ring : on either side The gloomy volumes, pierced with light, divide. The chariot mounts, where deep in ambient skies, Confused, Olympus...
141 ページ - All sink alike, the fearful and the brave. No more — but hasten to thy tasks at home, There guide the spindle, and direct the loom; Me glory summons to the martial scene, The field of combat is the sphere for men.
169 ページ - Ulysses' gate? His bulk and beauty speak no vulgar praise; If, as he seems, he was in better days, Some care his age deserves : or '.vas he priz'd For worthless beauty, therefore now despised ? Such dogs, and men there are, mere things of state, And always cherish'd by their friends, the great.
140 ページ - The honour'd author of my birth and name ; By his decree I sought the Trojan town, By his instructions learn to win renown, To stand the first in worth as in command, To add new honours to my native land ; Before my eyes my mighty sires to place, And emulate the glories of our race." 260 He spoke ; and transport fill'd Tydides...