| Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1760 - 346 pages
...cyprefs funeral. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets fage: the fir that weepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for fhafts, the fallow for the mill, The myrrh, fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
| Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 696 pages
...Poplar never dry, The Builder Oak, fole King of Forefts all, The Afpin good for Staves, the Cyprefs Funeral. The Laurel, Meed of mighty Conquerors, And Poets Sage : the Fir that weepeth ft ill, The Willow, worn of forlorn Paramours, The Yeugh, obedient to the Bender's Will, The Birch... | |
| Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1767 - 352 pages
...Poplar never dry, The Builder Oak, fole King of Forefts all, The Afpin good for Staves, the Cyprefs Funeral. The Laurel, Meed of mighty Conquerors, And Poets Sage : the Fir that weepeth ftill, The Willow, worn of forlorn Paramours, The Yeugh, obedient to the Bender's Will, The Birch for... | |
| Homer - 1796 - 380 pages
...hurls her oaks The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets fage : the fir that weepeth ftill, The willow, worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for fhafts, the fallow for the mill, The myrrh, fweet-bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 408 pages
...dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors. And poets sage;...The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for bhafts, the sallow for the mil! ; The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike beech,... | |
| 1821 - 746 pages
...straight and high, The sailing pine, the cedar proud and tau, The vine-prop elm, the poplar never dry, The builder oak, sole king of forests all. The aspen good for stares, the cypress funeral, -f* Coleridge, •f Most people have felt the ennui of being detained... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 252 pages
...dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all. The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. > 9. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets sage...paramours. The yew obedient to the bender's will, Tlu' birch for shafts, the sallow for the mill: The myrrhe sweet, bleeding in the bitter wound, The... | |
| James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 392 pages
...dry. The builder-oak, sole king of forests all, The aspine good for staves, the cypress funeral. 9. " The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors, And poets sage; the fir that weepetb still, The willow worn of forlorn paramours, The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...forests all, The Aspin good for staves, the Cypress funeral, The Laurel, meed of mighty eonquerors \;\<\=\ $ [ KjW ZQ\ \ \ ? W ZB( Bireh for shafts, the Sallow for the mill, The Myrrh sweet bleeding in the bitter wound, The warlike... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1826 - 676 pages
...never dry, The builder oak, sole kins of forests all, The aspen good for «t*ve», the cyprtsi funtral. The laurel, meed of mighty conquerors And poets sage,...The yew obedient to the bender's will, The birch for slaves, the sallow for the mill, The myrrh sweet-bleeding in the bitter wound. The warlike beech, the... | |
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