Parley's Cabinet Library: Literature ancient and modern, with specimens

Abassides admiration Anacreon ancient appears Arabians Arabic ballads beauty born caliphs called celebrated century character charm Chinese Christian composition courser court cultivated death dialect died divine dramatic elegant eloquence English epic Europe eyes fame father French French language genius German Goethe Greek heart heaven Hesiod Hipparchus Homer honor Iliad invention Ireland Italy Julius Cæsar king language Latin learning letters literary literature lived Lusiad lyric maid mankind mind modern moral nation nature night noble o'er ODIN original period Persian Petrarch Phaëton philosophy poem poet poetical poetry popular present prince produced prose Ptolemy Philadelphus Pythagoras reign rich Roman Rome satirical Sholim sing Skald Slavonian song Sophocles soul specimen spirit style sweet taste tears thee Thespis thou thought Tibullus tion tongue translated Turkish verses Virgil Voltaire Wegera words writers written wrote youth