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" Now left the wars ; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the... "
Homer and the Iliad [tr. in verse, with notes] by J.S. Blackie - Page 131
by Homerus - 1866
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Chambers's repository of instructive and amusing tracts, Volume 2

Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1450 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so...talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sat: who when they saw the power Of beauty, in the queen ascend, even those cold-spirited peers, Those wise,...
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Chambers's Repository of Instructive and Amusing Tracts, Volume 3

1854 - 534 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so...talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sat : who wh^ they saw the power Of beauty, in the queen ascend, even those cold-spirited peers, Those...
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The Iliads of Homer, done [into Engl. verse] by G. Chapman, with ..., Volume 1

Homerus - 1857 - 358 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tow'r, These seniors of the people sat ; who when they saw the pow'r Of beauty, in the queen, ascend,...
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Versiones Homeri anglicae inter se comparatae: dissertatio .../ publice ...

David Georg Penon - 1861 - 90 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sil chirping, and send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tow'r, These seniors of the people sat; who when they saw the pow'r Of beauty, in the queen, ascend,...
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Homer and the Iliad, Volume 1

John Stuart Blackie - 1866 - 464 pages
...Sit chirping, and send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak fnint sounds ; so talking on the tower These seniors of...been like that of Tennyson in the Princess — " His nunie was tjama ; cracked and small his voice ; A Mule dry nld man." But all this is founded on a complete...
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Notes

John Stuart Blackie - 1866 - 470 pages
...and send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; eo talking on the tower These seniors of the people sat,"...Homer's mind had been like that of Tennyson in the Princcss — •' His inime was Gaina ; cracked and small his voice ; A litile dry old man." But all...
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The Works of George Chapman ...

George Chapman - 1875 - 576 pages
...trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears2 For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sate ; who when they saw the power Of beauty, in the queen, ascend, even those cold-spirited peers,...
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The English Poets: Selections

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 626 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so,...talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sate ; who when they saw the power Of beauty, in the queen, ascend, even those cold-spirited peers....
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The English poets, selections, ed. by T.H. Ward. Chaucer to Donne

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so,...talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sate ; who when they saw the power Of beauty, in the queen, ascend, even those cold-spirited peers,...
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Chaucer to Donne

Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 632 pages
...woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so,...talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sate ; who when they saw the power Of beauty, in the queen, ascend, even those cold-spirited peers,...
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