National EpicsA.C. McClurg, 1896 - 398 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 28
... soon , how blest shall be that mortal's doom . " Dwelling in that sweet memory , on his last bed the monarch lay , And slowly , softly seemed to die , as fades the moon at dawn away . " Ah , Rama ! ah , my son ! " thus said , or ...
... soon , how blest shall be that mortal's doom . " Dwelling in that sweet memory , on his last bed the monarch lay , And slowly , softly seemed to die , as fades the moon at dawn away . " Ah , Rama ! ah , my son ! " thus said , or ...
الصفحة 32
... soon as possible after their arrival . All Hastinapur mourned at the departure of the Pandavas , and the princes themselves were sad , for they had been warned by a friend that Dhrita - rashtra had plotted for their destruction . They ...
... soon as possible after their arrival . All Hastinapur mourned at the departure of the Pandavas , and the princes themselves were sad , for they had been warned by a friend that Dhrita - rashtra had plotted for their destruction . They ...
الصفحة 39
... soon after this , tidings came to him of the destruction of the city of the Yadavas , the capital of Krishna , in punishment for the dissipation of its inhabitants . Yudhi - sthira's reign of thirty - six years had been a succes- sion ...
... soon after this , tidings came to him of the destruction of the city of the Yadavas , the capital of Krishna , in punishment for the dissipation of its inhabitants . Yudhi - sthira's reign of thirty - six years had been a succes- sion ...
الصفحة 56
... soon as the black ship bearing Chryseis set sail , he sent his unwilling men to where Achilles sat by his tent , beside the barren deep , to take the fair Briseis , whom Achilles ordered to be led forth to them . Then the long days ...
... soon as the black ship bearing Chryseis set sail , he sent his unwilling men to where Achilles sat by his tent , beside the barren deep , to take the fair Briseis , whom Achilles ordered to be led forth to them . Then the long days ...
الصفحة 57
... soon raged with greater fury than before . Diomed , having received new strength and courage from Pallas , rushed madly over the field , falling upon the affrighted Trojans like a lion in the sheepfold ; then , made more pre- sumptuous ...
... soon raged with greater fury than before . Diomed , having received new strength and courage from Pallas , rushed madly over the field , falling upon the affrighted Trojans like a lion in the sheepfold ; then , made more pre- sumptuous ...
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Achilles Æneas Æneid armor arms battle Beatrice beautiful Beowulf Bhima blood Bradamant brother Brunhild Charlemagne Christian cried Dante daughter death deeds divine DIVINE COMEDY Draupadi earth epic eyes father fear fell fire flames fled forest Gama glory gold Greeks grief Günther Hagan hand harp hast hastened hath heard heart Heaven Hector Hell hero Hrothgar Iliad Ilmarinen Jerusalem Delivered Kalevala Kauravas king Kriemhild land lord Louhi Lusiad maid maiden mighty Moors mother night noble o'er Olivier Orlando Orlando Furioso palace Pallas Pandavas Paradise Lost Patroclus poem poet Pohyola prince queen rage Raja Rama Rinaldo Rogero Roland Rollánd rose Rüdeger Rustem Satan sent Siegfried slain slay slew song Song of Roland soul spake spirit steed stood story suitors sword tears Telemachus thee thou throne took Translation Trojans Troy Turnus Ulysses Vergil Wainamoinen warriors wife youth Yudhi-sthira Zerbino
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الصفحة 381 - Is this the region, this the soil, the clime," Said then the lost Archangel, " this the seat That we must change for Heaven? — this mournful gloom For that celestial light ? Be...
الصفحة 383 - HAIL, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first-born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblamed? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity...
الصفحة 381 - Hail, horrors ! hail, Infernal World ! and thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor — one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
الصفحة 383 - And feel thy sovran vital lamp ; but thou Revisit'st not these eyes, that roll in vain To find thy piercing ray, and find no dawn ; So thick a drop serene hath quenched their orbs, Or dim suffusion veiled. Yet not the more Cease I to wander, where the Muses haunt « Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill...
الصفحة 382 - Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear — to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand — He walked with, to support uneasy steps Over the burning marie, not like those steps On Heaven's azure ; and the torrid clime Smote on him sore besides, vaulted with fire.
الصفحة 381 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell : Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven...
الصفحة 398 - Meroe Nilotic isle, and more to west, The realm of Bocchus to the Blackmoor sea ; From the Asian kings and Parthian among these, From India, and the golden Chersonese, And utmost Indian isle, Taprobane, Dusk faces with white silken turbans wreathed ; From Gallia, Gades, and the British west ; Germans, and Scythians, and Sarmatians, north Beyond Danubius to the Tauric pool.
الصفحة 397 - From cold septentrion blasts ; thence in the midst Divided by a river, of whose banks On each side an imperial city stood, With towers and temples proudly elevate On seven small hills, with palaces adorned,, Porches and theatres, baths, aqueducts, Statues and trophies, and triumphal arcs, Gardens and groves, presented to his eyes...
الصفحة 384 - Thus with the year Seasons return; but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
الصفحة 382 - He scarce had ceased when the superior Fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, 290 Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.