PindarValpy, 1830 - 248 pages |
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Page vi
... gods , Pæans to Apollo , Dithyrambics to Bacchus , Funeral Songs , and Odes to the victors at the four great festivals of Greece , the latter only have been preserved to us , with the exception of some considerable frag- ments , one ...
... gods , Pæans to Apollo , Dithyrambics to Bacchus , Funeral Songs , and Odes to the victors at the four great festivals of Greece , the latter only have been preserved to us , with the exception of some considerable frag- ments , one ...
Page vii
... gods , and heroes , in common with the poets of his time , we shall not be able to find throughout his odes any instance of vice in high station flattered , or prosperous wickedness enriched by the golden dews of poetical adulation . In ...
... gods , and heroes , in common with the poets of his time , we shall not be able to find throughout his odes any instance of vice in high station flattered , or prosperous wickedness enriched by the golden dews of poetical adulation . In ...
Page viii
... devo- tion for the god Pan , and therefore took up his abode near the temple of that deity . He was ap- * See the note on the tenth Olympic ode , v . 61 . pointed to compose the hymns which were sung by the viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
... devo- tion for the god Pan , and therefore took up his abode near the temple of that deity . He was ap- * See the note on the tenth Olympic ode , v . 61 . pointed to compose the hymns which were sung by the viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
Page ix
... Gods . He likewise cites a fragment of an ode or choral hymn ad- dressed to Pan by our poet , invoking that deity , as president of Arcadia , and companion of the nymphs in their dances , to smile propitiously on his songs . Indeed the ...
... Gods . He likewise cites a fragment of an ode or choral hymn ad- dressed to Pan by our poet , invoking that deity , as president of Arcadia , and companion of the nymphs in their dances , to smile propitiously on his songs . Indeed the ...
Page x
... gods , no less than the excellence of his poetic faculty . This event is said to have taken place when the poet had attained the advanced age of eighty - six years . A monument was erected to his memory in the hip- podrome at Thebes ...
... gods , no less than the excellence of his poetic faculty . This event is said to have taken place when the poet had attained the advanced age of eighty - six years . A monument was erected to his memory in the hip- podrome at Thebes ...
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Adrastus Ægina Alcides Amphiaraus Anacreon ancient Apollo Arcesilaus ARGUMENT Augeas Bacchus bade beautiful bless'd blest bliss brave brazen breast bright brow celebrated chaplet chariot charms contest coursers crown crown'd dart daughter deeds Deinomenes digression divine Eacus earth equestrian Euphemus fair fame fate father festal fight flow fray gain gain'd glorious glory gods golden grace hand happy heaven Hercules hero Hiero honor hymn illustrious immortal Iolaus Ismenus Isthmian Jove Jove's Jupiter king lyre meed mighty mind mortal Muses ne'er NEMEAN GAMES Neoptolemus noble nymph o'er offspring OLYMPIAD OLYMPIC ODE Ovid passage Pausanias Peleus Pelops Pindar plain poet poet's poetical praise Pytheas Pythian games PYTHIAN ODE race raise renown sacred Saturnian scholiast shine sing sire song soul spear spring steeds strain strife sway sweet tale Theban Thebes thee thine thou Thrasybulus tongue triumphant triumphs Twas urged valiant victory wine wreath Xenocrates youth
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Page 9 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off...
Page vii - See! how she leans her cheek upon her hand: O! that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek.
Page 17 - Oh, Love! what is it in this world of ours Which makes it fatal to be loved? Ah why With cypress branches hast thou wreathed thy bowers, And made thy best interpreter a sigh? As those who dote on odours pluck the flowers, And place them on their breast — but place to die — Thus the frail beings we would fondly cherish Are laid within our bosoms but to perish.
Page 23 - And pales of glittering tin th' enclosure grace. To this, one pathway gently winding leads, Where march a train with baskets on their heads, (Fair maids and blooming youths) that smiling bear The purple product of th
Page 20 - Two cities radiant on the shield appear, The image one of peace, and one of war, Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming to the nuptial bed : The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute, and cithern's silver sound: Through the fair streets the matrons in a row Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show.
Page 234 - Oh! too convincing - dangerously dear In woman's eye the unanswerable tear That weapon of her weakness she can wield, To save, subdue at once her spear and shield: Avoid it - Virtue ebbs and Wisdom errs, Too fondly gazing on that grief of hers! What lost a world, and bade a hero fly? The timid tear in Cleopatra's eye.
Page iv - The Pleiads, Hyads, with the northern team; And great Orion's more refulgent beam; To which, around the axle of the sky, The Bear, revolving, points his golden eye, Still shines exalted on th' ethereal plain, Nor bathes his blazing forehead in the main.
Page 15 - From the clear vein a stream immortal flow'd, Such stream as issues from a wounded god...
Page viii - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page ii - Whether the swift, the skilful, or the strong, Be crowned in his nimble, artful, vigorous song : Whether some brave young man's untimely fate, In words worth dying for, he celebrate, Such mournful and such pleasing words, As joy to his mother's and his mistress' grief affords : He bids him live and grow in fame, Among the stars he sticks his name.