...the heaven. And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed, As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...heart. So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed, before the towers of Troy, A thousand on the plain ; and close by each Sat fifty in...

...the heaven. And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed, As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and atl the stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart. So many a fire between the ships and stream...

...translator.' The lines I was thinking of as even better than the original were those from the Iliad: — As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...immeasurable heavens, Break open to their highest. This my friend Mr. Arthur Sidgwick called 'truly an incomparable rendering.' All his classic poems...

...the heaven. And these all night sat on the bridge of war Triumphant ; many a fire before them blazed: As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the hind rejoices in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the...

...the heaven. And these all night sat on the bridge of war Triumphant ; many a fire before them blazed: As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the hind rejoices in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the...

...grain, The horses stood, awaiting fair-throned Morn." 1 TENNYSON. (Cornhill Magazine, December, 1863.) " As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...to their highest, and all the stars Shine, and the hind rejoices in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the...

...heaven. And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to thcir highest, and all the stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between...

...Look beautiful, when all the winds are laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak * Or, ridge. And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open...heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand on the plain ; and close by each Sat fifty in...

...out from our view by the hard, metallic, blue vault which Pope's conscious swains eye : conscious it As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the immeasvrable heavens Break oixn to their hiyhtst, and all the stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens...

...heaven. And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed : As when in heaven the stars about the moon Look beautiful,...laid, And every height comes out, and jutting peak * Or, ridge. And valley, and the immeasurable heavens Break open to their highest, and all the stars...