CHORUS. A thousand shapes our varying Fates assume; The Gods perform what least we could expect, And oft the things for which we fondly hop'd Come not to pass : but Heaven still finds a clue. To guide our steps thro' life's perplexing maze, And thus doth... The Greek Tragic Theatre: Euripides - Seite 3811809Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Greek tragic theatre - 1809 - 522 Seiten
...take them with me The partners of my flight. For I will go Where the polluted mountain of Cithagron Rears not its summit, ne'er will I behold That scene...thus doth this important business end. THE CYCLOPS. Domus same dapibusquc cruentis Intus opaca ingens : ipsc anluns, altaque pulsat Sidera. Dii, talem... | |
| Greek tragic theatre - 1809 - 492 Seiten
...hail then, for the sake Of Helen with a lofty soul endued, Such as in female bosoms seldom dwells. CHORUS. A thousand shapes our varying Fates assume;...things for which we fondly hop'd Come not to pass : but Heaven still finds a clue. To guide our steps thro' life's perplexing maze, And thus doth this... | |
| Euripides - 1809 - 492 Seiten
...Suninm." BARNES. See Homer 11. L. 3. v. 445 ; and Strabo, p. 399, ed. Paris, 1620. CHORUS. A thpusand shapes our varying Fates assume ; The Gods perform...things for which we fondly hop'd Come not to pass : but Heaven still finds a clue To guide our steps thro» life's perplexing maze. And thus doth this... | |
| Euripides - 1906 - 402 Seiten
...sires, Though to his house a plenteous dower she bring : So shall he ne'er incur the wrath of Heaven. Chorus. A thousand shapes our varying fates assume, The gods perform what we could least expect, And oft the things for which we fondly hoped Come not to pass : but Heaven still... | |
| William Edgar Geil - 1909 - 646 Seiten
...this ray of light. May other rays soon penetrate there. The closing words of "Helen" spring to mind: The gods perform what least we could expect, And oft the things for which we fondly hoped Come not to pass ; but Heaven still finds a clue To guide our steps through life's perplexing... | |
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