This sceptre, form'd by temper'd steel, to prove An ensign of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of laws and justice springs (Tremendous oath! inviolate to kings): By this I swear, when bleeding Greece again Shall call Achilles, she shall call... Laocoon; Or The Limits of Poetry and Painting - Page 160by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - 1836 - 373 pagesFull view - About this book
| Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...upon it as tedious, tint it has been eftcetn'da beauty by the ancients and engaged Uicm Which fever'd from the trunk (as I from thee) On the bare mountains left its parent tree; This fceptre, form'd by temper'd fteel to prove An enfign of the delegates of Jove, them in its imitation.... | |
| Friedrich Nicolai - Bibliography - 1766 - 648 pages
...Sceptre let me (wear, Which never more fhall leaves or bloffbmf bear, Which fever'd from the trunk (as J from thee) On the bare mountains left its parent tree ; This Sceptre, form'd by temper 'd fteel to prove ' An eniign of the delegates of Jove From whom the pow'r of laws and juítíce... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...by this facred fceptre hear me (wear, Which never more (ball leaves or blofibms bear, Which fever'd from the trunk (as I from thee) On the bare mountains left its parent tree ; This fceptre, form'd by tempef'd Reel to provS An eo6gn of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of... | |
| Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 902 pages
...by this facred Iceptre hear me fwear, Which never more fliall leaves or bloflbmsbear, Which fever'd from the trunk (as I from thee) On the bare mountains left its parent tree ; This fceptre, formU by temper'd Heel to prove An enfigii of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of... | |
| Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1796 - 416 pages
...propriety of Homer, notwithftanding the judgment of Scaliger, who decides for Virgil, Which feverM from the trunk (as I from thee) On the bare mountains left its parent tree ; This fceptre, form'd by temper'd fteel to prove An enfign of the delegates of Jove, From whom the pow'r... | |
| Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...race, Who, lost to sense of generous freedom past, Are tam'd to wrongs, or this had been thy last. Now by this sacred sceptre hear me swear, Which never more shall leaves or blossoms bear, 31O Which sever' d from the trunk (as I from thee) On the bare mountains left its parent tree; This... | |
| Homerus - 1808 - 574 pages
...Who, lost to sense of generous freedom past, Are tam'd to wrongs, or this had heen thy last. Now hy this sacred sceptre hear me swear, Which never more shall leaves or hlossoms hear, 310 Which sever'd from the trunk (as I from thee) On the hare mountains left its parent... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...race, Who, lost to sense of generous freedom past, Are tam'd to wrongs, or this had been thy last. Now by this sacred sceptre hear me swear, Which never more shall leaves or blossoms hear, Which scvcr'd from the trunk (as I from thce) On the bare mountains left its parent tree ; This... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 770 pages
...race, Who, lost to sense of generous freedom pasr, Are tam'd to wrongs, or this had been thy last. Now by this sacred sceptre hear me swear, Which never more shall leaves or blossom? heir. Which scver'd from the trunk (as I from thce) On the bare mountains left its parent... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...sense of generous freedom past, Arc tam'd to wrongs, or this had been t'iy last. Now by this tarred sceptre hear me swear, Which never more shall leaves or blossoms bear. Which srvcr'd from the trunk (as I from thee; On the bare mountains left its parent tree; This sceptre, form'd... | |
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