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...through what wasie regions hast thou strayed? What cusioms noted, and what coasis surveyed? Possessed by wild barbarians, fierce in arms, Or men whose bosom tender pity warms? It is odd enough that he chooses to translate тroXels — ev vaieтawаiк, well -inhabited cities,...

...through what waste regions hast thou strayed? What customs noted, and what coasts surveyed? Possessed by wild barbarians, fierce in arms, Or men whose bosom tender pity warms? It is odd enough that he chooses to translate тroXeis — ек vaieToiútras, well -inhabited cities,...

...240 " Ye Gods (he cried), upon what barren coast, In what new region, is Ulysses toss'd? Possess'd by wild barbarians, fierce in arms ? Or men whose bosom tender pity warms ? Where shall this treasure now in safety lie ? And whither, whither its sad owner fly ? Ah why did...

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...flow. " Ye gods (he cried), upon what barren coast, In what new region, is Ulysses toss'd ? Possess'd by wild barbarians, fierce in arms ? Or men whose bosom tender pity warms ? Where shall this treasure now in safety lie ? And whither, whither its sad owner fly ? Ah, why did...

...signifies, in fact, the ley or land upon which the bear grows (bejie, hor* deum ; Iea3, a ley). * ' What sounds are these that gather from the shores, The voice of nymphs that haunt the sylvan bow'rs, The fair-hair'd dryads of the shady wood, Or azure daughters of the silver flood ! " — Odys....

...grotto^ etc., whence they are peculiarly called Naiads, Dryads and Nereids : " What sounds are those that gather from the shores, The voice of nymphs that...shady wood, Or azure daughters of the silver flood ? " (Odyss. B. vi. 122.) The original word, indeed, is nymphs, which, it must be confessed, furnishes...