The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her Genius by Mrs. Sigourney ...Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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الصفحة 303
... Admetus lives , His glory , his delight , thou shalt not die While I can die for thee ! -Me , me alone , The oracle demands - a wither'd stem , Whose task , whose duty , is for him to die . My race is run - the fulness of my years , The ...
... Admetus lives , His glory , his delight , thou shalt not die While I can die for thee ! -Me , me alone , The oracle demands - a wither'd stem , Whose task , whose duty , is for him to die . My race is run - the fulness of my years , The ...
الصفحة 304
... Admetus ! In the opening of the third act , Alcestis enters , with her son Eumeles , and her daughter , to complete the sacrifice by dying at the feet of Proserpine's statue . The following scene ensues between her and Admetus . Alc ...
... Admetus ! In the opening of the third act , Alcestis enters , with her son Eumeles , and her daughter , to complete the sacrifice by dying at the feet of Proserpine's statue . The following scene ensues between her and Admetus . Alc ...
الصفحة 307
... Admetus ! for thy children to sustain The load of life . All other impious vows , Which thou , a rebel to the sovereign will Of those who rule on high , might'st dare to form Within thy breast ; thy lip , by them enchain'd , Would ...
... Admetus ! for thy children to sustain The load of life . All other impious vows , Which thou , a rebel to the sovereign will Of those who rule on high , might'st dare to form Within thy breast ; thy lip , by them enchain'd , Would ...
الصفحة 308
... Admetus . Farther yet , Still farther , let us bear him from the sight Of his Alcestis . Alc . O my handmaids ! still Lend me your pious aid , and thus compose With sacred modesty these torpid limbs When death's last pang is o'er . Alas ...
... Admetus . Farther yet , Still farther , let us bear him from the sight Of his Alcestis . Alc . O my handmaids ! still Lend me your pious aid , and thus compose With sacred modesty these torpid limbs When death's last pang is o'er . Alas ...
الصفحة 309
... Admetus . ' Tis not enough , oh no ! To hide the scene of anguish from his eyes ; Still must our silent band Around him watchful stand , And on the mourner ceaseless care bestow , That his ear catch not grief's funereal cries . Yet ...
... Admetus . ' Tis not enough , oh no ! To hide the scene of anguish from his eyes ; Still must our silent band Around him watchful stand , And on the mourner ceaseless care bestow , That his ear catch not grief's funereal cries . Yet ...
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الصفحة 120 - Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth on to meet the armed men.
الصفحة 114 - At the hour of midnight the Salarian gate was silently opened, and the inhabitants were awakened by the tremendous sound of the Gothic trumpet. Eleven hundred and sixty-three years after the foundation of Rome, the imperial city, which had subdued and civilized so considerable a part of mankind, was delivered to the licentious fury of the tribes of Germany and Scythia.
الصفحة 96 - The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, "to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.
الصفحة 98 - That landscape ; and of pure, now purer air Meets his approach, and to the heart inspires Vernal delight and joy, able to drive All sadness but despair : now gentle gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils.
الصفحة 259 - Thou wert so like a form of light, That heaven benignly called thee hence, Ere yet the world could breathe one blight O'er thy sweet innocence : And thou, that brighter home to bless, Art...
الصفحة 66 - In the neighbourhood of Cadiz, the town of Xeres has been illustrated by the encounter which determined the fate of the kingdom. The stream of the Guadalete, which falls into the bay, divided the two camps, and marked the advancing and retreating skirmishes of three successive and bloody days. On the fourth day the two armies joined a more serious and decisive issue...
الصفحة 106 - Cleopatra, at the same time, was making a collection of poisonous drugs, and being desirous to know which was least painful in the operation, she tried them on the capital convicts. Such poisons as were quick in their operation she found to be attended with violent pain and convulsions ; such as were milder, were slow in their effect...
الصفحة 97 - Caesar, he disembarked, and travelled a hundred furlongs on foot, as if Rome had been the place of his destination. Repenting, however, afterwards, he left that road, and made again for the sea. He passed the night in the most perplexing and horrid thoughts; insomuch, that he was sometimes inclined to go privately into...
الصفحة 107 - The royal sepulchre, adorned with the splendid spoils and trophies of Rome, was constructed in the vacant bed ; the waters were then restored to their natural channel ; and the secret spot, where the remains of Alaric had been deposited, was forever concealed by the inhuman massacre of the prisoners, who had been employed to execute the...
الصفحة 96 - D'un autre côté , le consul Térentius Varron avoit fui honteusement jusqu'à Venouse; cet homme, de la plus basse naissance, n'avoit été élevé au consulat que pour mortifier la noblesse. Mais le sénat ne voulut pas jouir de ce malheureux triomphe; il vit combien il étoit nécessaire qu'il s'attirât dans cette occasion la confiance du peuple : il alla au-devant de Varron , et le remercia de ce qu'il n'avoit pas désespéré de la république.