Famed son of Hippasus! there press the plain; There ends thy narrow span assign'd by fate, Heaven owes Ulysses yet a longer date. Ah, wretch! no father shall thy corpse compose; Thy dying eyes no tender mother close; But hungry birds shall tear those... Joseph, a religious poem. With notes - Seite 332von Charles Lucas - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Samuel Burder - 1807 - 436 Seiten
...represents it as a customary rite. Homer describes Ulysses thus expressing himself on the death of Socus : i Ah, wretch ! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close. II. xi. 570. POPE. See also the Odyss. xi. 424. and xxiv. 294. Eurip. Hecub. 480. Virg. JEn. ix. 487.... | |
| John Bell - 1807 - 472 Seiten
...narrow span assigu'd by faie, ' Huaven owes Ulysses yet a longer date. Book XI. HOMER'S n.nu. 127 ' Ah wretch ! no father 'shall thy corpse compose, ' Thy dying eyes no tender mother close, ' But hungry hirds shall tear those halls away, 570 ' And hov'ring vultures scream around their prey,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 760 Seiten
...the plain ; There ends thy narrow span assign'd by Fate, Heaven owes Ulysses yet a longer date. • . Ah, wretch ! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close ; Tint hungry birds shall tear those balls away, And hovering vulture scream around their prey. Mr... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1812 - 428 Seiten
...honourably. Tobit xiv. 15. Maimonidcs represents it as a customary rite. Homer describes Ulysses thus expressing himself on the death of Socus : Ah, wretch...corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close. 11. xi. 570. POPE. See also the Odyss. xi 424. and xxiv. 294. jEurtp, Hecub. 430. Firg. JEn. is. 487.... | |
| 1813 - 352 Seiten
...press the plain; There ends thy narrow span assign'd by fate, Heaven owes Ulysses yet a longer date. Ah wretch! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close ; But hungry hirds shall tear those balls away, And hovering vultures scream around their prey. Me... | |
| Homerus - 1822 - 320 Seiten
...press the plain; There ends thy narrow span assign'd by fate, Heaven owes Ulysses yet a longer date. Ah wretch ! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close ; But hungry birds shall tear those balls away, And hovering vultures scream around their prey. Me... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 312 Seiten
...plain ; There ends thy narrow span assign'd by Fate, Heaven owes Ulysses yet a longer date. Ah^wretch ! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close ; But hungry birds shall tear those balls away, And hovering vultures scream around their prey. Me... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 Seiten
...565 There ends thy narrow span assign 'd hy fate. Heaven owes Ulysses yet a louger date. Ah, wretch I , ; But hungry hirds shall tear those halls away, 570 And hovering vultures scream around their prey.... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1830 - 500 Seiten
...press the plain ; There ends thy narrow span assign'd by fate, Heaven owes Ulysses yrt a longer date. Ah, wretch ! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying eyes no tender mother close ; But hungry birds shall tear those balls away, 570 And hovering vultures scream around their prey.... | |
| American Sunday-School Union - 1832 - 230 Seiten
...There are also evidences of it among the Greeks and Romans; according to Homer, Ulysses thus expressed himself on the death of Socus : •- Ah wretch! no father shall thy corpse compose, Thy dying lips no lender mother close." 6. Ar.r. HIS SEED. All his descendants. 7. His sos's SONS. His grandsons.... | |
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