Aischulou Promētheus desmōtēs. The Prometheus vinctus, from the text of Dindorf, with notes by J.S. Watson1870 |
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Pagina viii - What though the field be lost? All is not lost; the unconquerable will, And study of revenge, immortal hate, And courage never to submit or yield: And what is else not to be overcome? That glory never shall his wrath or might Extort from me.
Pagina 36 - LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: in the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Pagina 86 - As when a gryphon through the wilderness With winged course, o'er hill or moory dale, Pursues the Arimaspian, who by stealth Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold...
Pagina 36 - And a magic voice and verse Hath baptized thee with a curse; And a spirit of the air Hath begirt thee with a snare; In the wind there is a voice Shall forbid thee to rejoice; And to thee shall Night deny All the quiet of her sky; And the day shall have a sun, Which shall make thee wish it done.
Pagina 44 - There, mildly dimpling, Ocean's cheek Reflects the tints of many a peak Caught by the laughing tides that lave These Edens of the eastern wave ; And if at times a transient breeze Break the blue crystal of the seas, Or sweep one blossom from the trees, How welcome is each gentle air That wakes and wafts the odours there ! For there— the Rose o'er crag or vale, Sultana of the Nightingale...
Pagina 67 - And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Pagina iii - How science dwindles, and how volumes swell. How commentators each dark passage shun, And hold their farthing candle to the Sun.
Pagina 97 - Probably however it was derived from an observation of nature; for it is a fact that in a storm three consecutive waves of larger size come to the shore at intervals. Hence TpiKUfíía is not * every third wave/ but ' a triple wave/ The Roman idea that every tenth was larger— the ' decumanus fluctus ' — cannot be verified, at least on our coasts.
Pagina 99 - ... yourself on the honourable conduct of your friends not less than on your own ; that you rejoice at the good fortune of your friends not less than at your own ; that you are never weary of contriving means by which good fortune may come to your friends ; and that you think it the great virtue of a man to surpass his friends in doing them good and his enemies in doing them harm, I think that I shall be a very useful assistant to you in gaining the affections of worthy friends.
Pagina 90 - ... ense manus. admovi iugulo — sine me tibi vera fateri ! — admovi iugulo tela paterna tuo ; sed timor et pietas crudelibus obstitit ausis, castaque mandatum dextra refugit opus. 50 purpureos laniata sinus, laniata capillos exiguo dixi talia verba sono : " saevus, Hypermestra, pater est tibi ; iussa parent!