...from off the plain Rolled the rich savour far into the heaven. And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed,...stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens in his heart. So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed, before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...winds from off the plain Rolled the rich savor far into the heaven. And these all night upon the bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed,...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...

...Roll'd the rich vapour iar into the heaven. And these all night sat on the bridge of war Triumphant ; many a fire before them blazed: As when in heaven...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...

...Roll'd the rich vapour far into the heaven. And these all night sat on the bridge of war Triumphant ; many a fire before them blazed: As when in heaven...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...

...from off the plain RolVd the rich vapour far into the heaven. And these all night upon the * bridge of war Sat glorying ; many a fire before them blazed...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...stars Shine, and the Shepherd gladdens in his heart : So many a fire between the ships and stream Of Xanthus blazed before the towers of Troy, A thousand...

...linellau fel engraiflt: — NODIADAU AR 1.YККAГ. PARHAD. 15т " As when in heaven the stars above the moon, Look. beautiful when all the winds are laid,...height comes out, and jutting peak And valley, and the nnmeasurable heavens Break open to their highest ; and all the stars Shine, and the shepherd gladdens...