 | Homer - Greek poetry - 1736 - 296 pages
...croud : Then fwift invades the fhips, whofe beaky prores 5 Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending fhores. So the ftrong eagle from his airy height, Who marks...food, And ftooping, darkens with his wings the flood. 1,3 J we leads him on with his almighty hand, And breathes fierce fpirits in his following band. The... | |
 | Homerus - 1756 - 262 pages
...Then fwift invades the fhips, whofe beaky prores Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending fhores : 835 So the ftrong eagle from his airy height, Who marks...Stoops down impetuous, while they light for food, And Hooping, darkens with his wings the flood. Jove leads him on with his almighty hand, 840 And breathes... | |
 | Homer - 1773 - 248 pages
...croud : Then fwift invades the (hips, whofe beaky prores' Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending ihorcs : So the ftrong eagle from his airy height, Who marks the fwans' or cranes' embody M flight, Stoops down impetuous, while they light for food, And (looping, darkens with his wings... | |
 | Publius Papinius Statius - Seven against Thebes (Greek mythology) - 1773 - 344 pages
...Eagle from his airy Height, Wko marks the Swan's or Crane's embodied Flight, Stoops down impetuous, as they light for Food, And ftooping, darkens with his Wings the Flood. 1 - ' Fife's Iliad. BOOK VIII. STATIUS's THEBAID. 97 Then thus.——O Monarch, ftudious of the Right,... | |
 | Homerus, William Holwell - 1776 - 392 pages
...croud : Then fwift invades the fhips %vhofe beaky prores Lay rank'd contiguous to the bending fhores : So the ftrong eagle from his airy height, Who marks...the flood. Jove leads him on with his almighty hand, And breathes fierce fpirits in his following band* The warring nations meet, the battle roars, Thick... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 380 pages
...Then fwift invades the fhips, whofe beaky prores Lay rank'd contiguous on the bending fbores : 83 5 So the ftrong eagle from his airy height, Who marks the fwans' or cranes' embody 'd flight, Stoops down impetuous, while they light for food, And, ftooping, darkens with his... | |
 | Homer - 1791 - 346 pages
...Then fwift invades the fliTps, whofe beaky prores Lay.rank'd contiguous on the bending fhores. 835 -' So the ftrong eagle from his airy height, Who marks...breathes fierce fpirits in his following band. The V; 824. Drivei ftur fair tturfert, &c.] The comparifoo wfiich Homer here introduces, is a demonftvatinn... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 902 pages
...(hips, whofe beaky prores Lay rankM contiguous on the bending fhores : So the ftrong eagle from hit airy height, Who marks the fwans' or cranes' embody'd...Stoops down impetuous, while they light for food, And, (looping, darkens with his wings the flood. Jove leads him on with his almighty hand, And breathes... | |
 | 1792 - 918 pages
...ftiips, whofe beaky proles Lay rankM contiguous on the bending Chores : So the (trong eagle from hit airy height, Who marks the fwans' or cranes' embody'd...Stoops down impetuous, while they light for food, And, Hooping, darkens with his wings the flood. Jove leads him on with his almighty hand, And breathes fierce... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...bending (hores : So the ftrong eagle from hit airy height, Who marks the ('wans' or cranes' embody 'd flight, Stoops down impetuous, while they light for...food, And, ftooping, darkens with his wings the flood. JOTC leads him on with his almighty hand, And breathes fierce fpiritsin his following band. The warring... | |
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Thou wouldst have thought, so furious was their fire, No force could tame them, and no toil could tire ; As if new vigour from new fights they won... 
