 The god who mounts the winged winds Fast to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight sustain O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundless main: He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft...  The Odyssey of Homer - Page 83by Homer - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 902 pages
...j Such is our fovereign will, and fuch is fate. He fpoke. The God who mounts the winged winds Ta(J to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight fu!£ain O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundlefs main. He grafps the wand that caufes deep to fly,... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 1104 pages
...late ; Such is our fovereign will, and fuch is fate. He fpoke. The God who mounts the winged winds Fad to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight fuftain O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundlefs main. He grafps the wand that caufes deep to tiy,... | |
 | 1792 - 918 pages
...late; Such is our fovereigfi will, and fuch is fate. He (poke. The God who mounts the winged winds Faft to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through fields of air his flight fuftain O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundlefs main. He grafps the wand that caufes deep to fly,... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 568 pages
...Achilles' tent. The god obeys, his golden pinions binds, And mounts incumbent on the wings of winds, That high, through fields of air, his flight sustain, O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundless main : 420 Then grasps the wand thai causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye; Thus... | |
 | Homerus - 1808 - 574 pages
...God oheys, his golden pinious hinds, And mounts incumhent on the wings of wind* That high, throngh fields of air, his flight sustain, O'er the wide earth, and o'er the houndless main: Then grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, 421 Or in soft slumhers seals the wakeful... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 770 pages
...who mounts- the winged Fast to his feet the golden pinion» binds, [winds, That high through field« of air his flight sustain O'er the wide earth, and...main. He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumber seals the wakeful eye : Then shoots from Heaven to high Pieria's steep, And stoops... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 760 pages
...Achilles' tent." The god obeys, his golden pinions binde. Anil mounts incumbent on the wings of winds, That high, through fields of air, his flight sustain, O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundless main : Then grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye ; Thus arm'd,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 790 pages
...tent" The god- obeys, his golden pinions binds. And mounts incumbent on the wings of winds, That bigb, through fields of air, his flight sustain, O'er the wide earth, and o'er the boundless main : Then grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye ; Thusann'd,... | |
 | Virgil - 1811 - 506 pages
...Mr. Pope's elegant translation : He spoke : the god who mounts the winged winds Fast to his feet his golden pinions binds, That high through fields of...main. He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumbers seals the wakeful eye : Then shoots from heav'n to high Pieria's steep, And stoops... | |
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 386 pages
...late; Such is our sovereign will, and such is fate.' He spoke. The god who mounts the winged winds Fart to his feet the golden pinions binds, That high through...main. He grasps the wand that causes sleep to fly, Or in soft slumber seals the wakeful eye; Then shoots from heaven to high Pieria's steep, And stoops... | |
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