 This foul reproach Ascanius could not hear With patience, or a vow'd revenge forbear. At the full stretch of both his hands he drew, And almost join'd the horns of the tough yew. But, first, before the throne of Jove he stood, And thus with lifted hands...  The Works of Virgil - 118 ページVirgil 著 - 1803全文表示 - この書籍について
 | Publius Vergilius Maro - 1806 - 312 ページ
...presume to name that sacred mystery) in our words of consecration at the altar. IX. Lines 853, 854. At the full stretch of both his hands, he drew, And almost joiu'd, the horns of the tough yew. The first of these lines is all of monosyllables, and both verses... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 376 ページ
...both his hands he drew, And ahuost join'd the horns of the tough yew. But, first, hefore the tbrone of Jove he stood : 855 And thus with lifted hands invok'd the God : ' My iirst attempt great Jupiter ! succeed : ' An annual off'ring in tby grove shall bleed; ' A snow-white... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 ページ
...men, who know the martial trade.* This foul reproach Ascanius could not hear With patience, or a vowed revenge forbear. At the full stretch of both his hands, he drew, And almost joined, the horns of the tough yew. * But, first, before the throne of Jove he stood, And thus with... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 ページ
...Resign the war to men, who know the martial trade." This foul reproach Ascanius could not hear Wjih patience, or a vow'd revenge forbear. At the full...yew. But first, before the throne of Jove he stood; And thus, with lifted hands m-- uk'd the yod : " My first attempt, great Jupiter, succeed ; An annual... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 508 ページ
...poetry a bow is sometimes expressed by the word yew, as in Dryden's translation of the /Eneid, Book 9. At the full stretch of both his hands he drew, And almost join'd the horns of the tough eugh. These verses the poet animadverts as energetical and forceful, the very sound expressing the... | |
 | 1813 - 420 ページ
...patience, or a vow'd revenge forbear. At I in: full stretch of both his hands, he drew, And ahuost join'd, the horns of the tough yew. But, first, before the throne of Jove he stood, And thus with lifted hands invok'd the god : ' My first attempt, great Jupiter, succeed ! An aunual... | |
 | John Carey - 1816 - 300 ページ
...with more striking and impressive effect, exerts his utmost strength in straining the " tough yew" — At the full stretch of both his hands, he drew, And almost join'd, the horns of the tough yew. Too many spondees render the verse heavy and prosaic. Although three may sometimes be tolerated, two... | |
 | Virgil - 1819 - 404 ページ
...to name that sacred mystery) in our words of consecration at the altar. ^NE'I'D 9, lines 853, 854. At the full stretch of both his hands, he drew, And almost join'd, the horns of the tough yew. The first of these lines is all of monosyllables, and both verses are very rough ; but of choice ;... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 442 ページ
...shade : Resign the war to men, who know the martial trade." This foul reproach Ascanius could not hear With patience, or a vow'd revenge forbear. At the...yew.* But, first, before the throne of Jove he stood, And thus with lifted hands invoked the god : — " My first attempt, great Jupiter, succeed ! An annual... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 ページ
...ample shield Is falsified, and round with javelins fill'd.* * Note II. NOTES jENEIS, BOOK IX. Note I. At the full stretch of both his hands, he drew, And almost join'd, the horns of the tough yew—P. 54. The first of these lines is all of monosyllables, and both verses are very rough, but... | |
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