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" Behold the mighty Hector's wife! Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame A thousand griefs shall waken at the name. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd... "
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Pope's Homer's ... - Page 49
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John Heywood's Manchester readers. [With] Key, pt.1,2. Primer, Book 5

John Heywood (ltd.) - 1875 - 232 pages
...— ' Behold the mighty Hector's wife ! ' Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past,...the name ! May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Pressed with a load of monumental clay ! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear...
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Homer's Iliad

Homer - 1877 - 558 pages
...cry, ' Behold the mighty Hector's wife !' Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes, by naming me. The thoughts of glory...the name ! May I lie cold before that dreadful day, 590 Press'd with a load of monumental clay ! Thy Hector, wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither...
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Classic Literature: Principally Sanskrit, Greek, and Roman, with Some ...

Catherine Ann White - Classical literature - 1877 - 466 pages
...me. The thoughts of glory past, and iwcsent shame, A thousand eriefs shall waken at the n.nne ! May 1 lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a...everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep.' Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the...
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The Iliad of Homer

Homer - Achilles (Greek mythology) - 1878 - 596 pages
...Behold the mighty Hector's wife ! 585 ' Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, ' Embitters all thy woes by naming me. ' The thoughts of glory...shame, ' A thousand griefs, shall waken at the name 1 ' May I lie cold before that dreadful day, 590 ' Press'd with a load of monumental clay ! ' Thy Hector,...
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Poetical reader, by J. Martin

James Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) - 1880 - 232 pages
...Grecian heroes next in courage to Achilles. Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past,...the name! May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Pressed with a load of monumental clay! Thy Hector, wrapped in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear...
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Moffatt's explanatory readers. Primer 1,2; standard 4-6. [With] Home lesson book

Moffatt and Paige - 1880 - 360 pages
...his wife carried into captivity and suffering the labours and insults imposed on her by the Greeks. May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with...everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep. " Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp...
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Hector and Andromache, from Pope's tr. of Homer's 'Iliad' [book 6].

Homerus - 1880 - 42 pages
...tears to see, Imbitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glories past, and present shame, 185 A thousand griefs shall waken at the name ! May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Pressed with a load of monumental clay ! Thy Hector wrapt in everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear...
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Museum of Antiquity: A Description of Ancient Life : the Employments ...

Levi W. Yaggy, Thomas Louis Haines - Civilization - 1881 - 984 pages
...cry, ' Behold the mighty Hector's wife!' Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Embitters all thy woes by naming me. The thoughts of glory past,...everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh, nor see thee weep." Thus having spoke, the illustrious chief of Troy Stretch'd his fond arms to clasp the...
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Homer's Stories Simply Told

Charles Henry Hanson, Homer - Death - 1882 - 304 pages
...cherished wife pining as the slave of some stern Hellene. " May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Prest with a load of monumental clay ! Thy Hector, wrapt...everlasting sleep, Shall neither hear thee sigh nor see thee weep." But, striving to put aside these melancholy thoughts, the chief fondled his son, caressed...
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The Iliad of Homer

Homer - 1884 - 500 pages
...cry, ' Behold the mighty Hector's wife !' Some haughty Greek, who lives thy tears to see, Imbitters all thy woes, by naming me. The thoughts of glory past, and present shame, A thousand griets shall waken at the name! May I lie cold before that dreadful day, Press'd with a load of monumental...
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