Homer. Iliad, Book VI, 440-502 (Maria Frances Cecilia Cowper Poems)
Then to her answered and spake great Hector the waving-crested :" I too grieve for all this, dear love, but ...
Then to her answered and spake great Hector the waving-crested :" I too grieve for all this, dear love, but ...
YE gentle days that once were mine, In every charm of life array'd,No more awaken my regret, No more my settled peace ...
Long ages since, a band of earnest men,With zealous hearts uplifted, sought to raiseA noble house in honour of their ...
BE hush'd my tongue, nor murmur or complain;With pious awe the struggling tear restrain.Dark is my path and intricate my ...
E'EN to the height of God's eternal throne,Where my affections, my desires, are gone.No view of this frail, fleeting scene ...
Lady of the Garden, noFairer spot than this can be,Proud with Summer's bravest show,Sweet to smell and fair to see.Lady ...
HAPPY soul, whoe'er thou be,Who dwell'st with Christ in unity;Happiest thou of human race,Who know'st the sweets of sov'reign grace.Whether ...
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