The tragedies of Sophocles, tr. into Engl. verse. By T. Dale1824 |
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Strana 14
... Thine age demands such reverence - wherefore thus Ye bend imploring ? Dread ye future ills , Or strive with present griefs ? My will is prompt To aid in all : -obdurate were my heart Could I behold a sight like this unmoved . Pr . O ...
... Thine age demands such reverence - wherefore thus Ye bend imploring ? Dread ye future ills , Or strive with present griefs ? My will is prompt To aid in all : -obdurate were my heart Could I behold a sight like this unmoved . Pr . O ...
Strana 15
... thine altars ; Not that we deem thee equal to the Gods , But in the sad vicissitudes of life , Or visitations of the angry Gods , Account thee first of men . At Thebes arriving , Thou didst redeem us from the tax imposed By that ...
... thine altars ; Not that we deem thee equal to the Gods , But in the sad vicissitudes of life , Or visitations of the angry Gods , Account thee first of men . At Thebes arriving , Thou didst redeem us from the tax imposed By that ...
Strana 24
... thine ire , Smite with thy vengeful bolt the foe , Eternal Sire ! ANTISTROPHE III . And from thy bright and golden bow Speed the keen shafts , Lycæan King ! 9 Αριά τὸν μαλερόν , Martem ustivum , the same with ὁ πυρφό gos Osos , above ...
... thine ire , Smite with thy vengeful bolt the foe , Eternal Sire ! ANTISTROPHE III . And from thy bright and golden bow Speed the keen shafts , Lycæan King ! 9 Αριά τὸν μαλερόν , Martem ustivum , the same with ὁ πυρφό gos Osos , above ...
Strana 33
... thine , I then had charged thee as the only villain ! Ti . Ha ! Is it thus ? Nay , then , I tell thee , King ! Adhere to thine own edict ; from this hour No more hold converse or with these or me . THOU art the sole polluter of our land ...
... thine , I then had charged thee as the only villain ! Ti . Ha ! Is it thus ? Nay , then , I tell thee , King ! Adhere to thine own edict ; from this hour No more hold converse or with these or me . THOU art the sole polluter of our land ...
Strana 46
... thine , Thine by the nuptial tie ? I This passage furnishes another refutation of the objec- tion noticed above . It had never even entered into the mind of Edipus , that the inquiry into the death of Laius could possibly be neglected ...
... thine , Thine by the nuptial tie ? I This passage furnishes another refutation of the objec- tion noticed above . It had never even entered into the mind of Edipus , that the inquiry into the death of Laius could possibly be neglected ...
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Ægisthus Æschylus Ajax ANTIGONE ANTISTROPHE arms art thou Atreus aught bear behold blood Cambridge canst charge CHORUS Chry CHRYSOTHEMIS Clytemnestra Creon curse dare dark daughter dead death deed deem DEIANIRA doom dost thou doth dread e'en Edipus Elec Electra Euripides Eurytus fate father fear friends Gods guilty hand hapless hast thou hate hath hear Heaven hence Herc hither honour ills ISMENE Jocasta Jove King know'st Laius Lord mayst misery monarch mortal mother murderer ne'er Neop NEOPTOLEMUS never nought o'er Orestes pangs Philoctetes pity Polybus Polynices prayer reverence shalt shame sire Sophocles sorrow soul speak stranger STROPHE tale TECMESSA tell Teucer Thebes thee Theseus thine thou art thou dost thou hast thou wilt thy words thyself TIRESIAS toil tomb Ulys Ulysses unhappy vengeance wherefore wild wilt thou woes wouldst thou wrath wretch
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Strana 251 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Strana 371 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Strana 213 - Ille dapes laudet mensae brevis, ille salubrem Justitiam legesque et apertis otia portis ; Ille tegat commissa deosque precetur et oret, *» Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis.
Strana 117 - Sepv&v eSpav teal %ev6<rracnv, 90), amid thunderings, lightnings, and earthquakes, as signs from heaven (a-rjAs the company of aged men draw near, who constitute the chorus, Oedipus screens himself in the thickest of the grove ; and they, as they search for him, sing with trembling voice...
Strana 243 - Concede that name to hers, if from this crime She shall escape unpunished. Though she spring From our own sister, she shall not evade A shameful death. Ant. And welcome! Whence could I Obtain a holier praise than by committing My brother to the tomb ? These, too, I know Would all approve the action, but that fear Curbs their free thoughts to base and servile silence ; But 'tis the noble privilege of tyrants To say and do whate'er their lordly will, Their only law, may prompt. Cr. Of all the Thebans...
Strana 178 - Who can think one thing, and another tell, My soul detests him as the gates of hell : — siitog that is, I hate him as death, or I hate him mortally.
Strana 249 - Labdacus! arising from the dead With fresh despair ; nor sires from sons efface The curse some angry power hath rivetted For ever on thy destined line! Once more a cheering radiance seemed to shine O'er the last relic of thy name ;— This, too, the Powers of Darkness claim, Cut off by Hell's keen scythe, combined With haughty words unwise, and frenzy of the mind.
Strana 81 - I wilt thou not be silent? (Ed. Reprove him not, old man, for thine own words, Far more than his, demand a stern reprover. Herd. I did : — Oh, had that moment been my last! (Ed. This shall be, if thou wilt not speak the truth. Herd. And if I speak it, I am trebly lost. (Ed. This man, it seems, still struggles to elude us. ' Herd. No, I confessed long since I gave the child. (Ed. And whence received ? thine own, or from another ? Herd. No, not mine own ; I from another's hand Bare him. (Ed. And...
Strana 69 - ... and gone. (Ed. Died he by treason, or the chance of sickness? Cor. Slight ills dismiss the aged to their rest. (Ed. Then by disease, it seems, the monarch died. Cor. And bowed beneath a withering weight of years. (Ed. Ha ! is it thus ? Then, lady, who would heed The Pythian shrine oracular, or birds Clanging in air, by whose vain auspices I was fore-doomed the murderer of my father? In the still silence of the tomb he sleeps. While I am here — the fatal sword untouched, Unless he languished...
Strana 241 - I perish ere th' allotted term, I deem that death a blessing. Who that lives, Like me, encompassed by unnumbered ills, But would account it blessedness to die ? If then I meet the doom thy laws assign, It nothing grieves me. Had I left my brother, From...