 | Epigrams, Greek - 1806 - 312 pages
...what I deplore, " Then would I bid thee sleep the more!*' Sleep on sweet boy, still be the deep ! " O could I lull my woes to sleep ! " Jove, let thy mighty hand o'erthrow ** Tlie baffled malice of my foe, " And may this child, in future years, " Avenge his mother's wrongs... | |
 | United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...above thy long deep hair ; But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep no more. Sleep on, sweet boy ! still be the deep ! (Oh could I lull my woes asleep !) WIND PASSETH OVER IT, AND IT IS •GONE. I SAW a dew-drop, cool and clear, Dance on a myrtle... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 442 pages
...above thy long deep hair ; But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy ! still be the deep ! Oh could...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears !' SIMONIDES. E HYMN TO HARMODIUS AND ARISTOGEITON. WITH myrtle will I braid my sword, Such as the... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...above thy long deep hair ; But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy ! still be the deep ! Oh could...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears!' HYMN TO HARMODIUS AND ARISTOGEITON. WITH myrtle will I braid my sword, Such as the brave Harmodius... | |
 | John Platts - Biography - 1825 - 1006 pages
...above thy long deep hair, But could'st thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy, still be the deep ! Oh, could...to sleep ! Jove, let thy mighty hand o'erthrow The baffl'd malice of my foe ; And may this child in future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears."... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 414 pages
...above thy long deep hair; But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more! Sleep on, sweet boy ! still be the deep ! Oh could...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears!' HYMN TO HAHMODIUS AND ARISTOGEITON. WITH myrtle will I braid my sword, And proud Hipparchus was no... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1833 - 528 pages
...above thy long deep hair ; But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy ; still be the deep ! Oh could...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears ! ' " ELTON. " When round the well-framed ark the blowing blast Roared, and the heaving whirlpools... | |
 | Robert Bland - English poetry - 1833 - 468 pages
...above thy long deep hair, But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy ; still be the deep ! Oh could...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears !" VI. (9'.) ON ORPHEUS. M. INNUMERABLE birds around His temples fly in ceaseless motion, And fishes... | |
 | Andrews Norton, Charles Folsom - American periodicals - 1833 - 518 pages
...above thy long deep hair ; But couldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy ; still be the deep ! Oh could...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears ! ' " ELTON. " When round the well-framed ark the blowing blast Roared, and the heaving whirlpools... | |
 | Henry Alford - Greek poetry - 1841 - 272 pages
...above thy long deep hair, But conldst thou feel what I deplore, Then would I bid thee sleep the more ! Sleep on, sweet boy: still be the deep! Oh could I...future years, Avenge his mother's wrongs and tears !'" FRAGMENT FROM ALCMAN. THOMAS CAMPBELL. " THE mountain summits sleep: glens, cliffs, and caves,... | |
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... play around our bark, Thy quiet bosom only knows The heavy sigh of deep repose. The howling wind, the raging sea No terror can excite in thee ; The angry surges wake no care, That burst above thy long deep hair ; But couldst thou feel what I deplore,... 
