 All grave old men ; and soldiers they had been, but for age Now left the wars ; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears...  Notes - Page 131by John Stuart Blackie - 1866Full view - About this book
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1852 - 1482 pages
...embroidery to the towers where old Priam and other hoary heads are sitting-. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send...our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sat: who when they saw the power Of beauty,... | |
 | 1854 - 534 pages
...embroidery to the towers where old Priam and other hoary heads are sitting. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send...our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sat : who wh^ they saw the power Of beauty,... | |
 | Homerus - 1857 - 364 pages
...age Now left the wars ; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. leo And as in well grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send...our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tow'r, These seniors of the people sat ; who when they saw the pow'r Of beauty,... | |
 | David George Penon - 1861 - 68 pages
...for age Now left the wars; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send...our ears for softness, and their weak faint sounds; so, talking on the tow'r, These seniors of the people sat; who when they saw the pow'r Of beauty, in... | |
 | David Georg Penon - 1861 - 90 pages
...counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sil chirping, and send voices out that scarce can pierce...our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tow'r, These seniors of the people sat; who when they saw the pow'r Of beauty,... | |
 | Education - 1862 - 562 pages
...englishes this " Clymene, whom fame Hath for her fair eyes memorized." Or, o-rot \tigiotaeai «/»<», " And send voices out that scarce can pierce our ears For softness;" or, again, XaiVov eeeo ^irana, " For which thou well deserv'st A coat of tombstone not of steel, in... | |
 | Homerus - 1866 - 468 pages
...Sij/ioyepuv, in Homer, is manifest from its use in xi. 372. VER. 152. — Like the blithe cricket on the tree. Here Ch. gives. " And as in well-grown woods,...grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out that scurcc can pierce onr ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so talking on the tower These... | |
 | George Chapman - 1875 - 576 pages
...for age Now left the wars ; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send voices out, that scarce can pierce our ears2 For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tower, These seniors of the people... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1880 - 628 pages
...for age Now left the wars ; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send...our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sate ; who when they saw the power Of beauty,... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 632 pages
...for age Now left the wars ; yet counsellors they were exceeding sage. And as in well-grown woods, on trees, cold spiny grasshoppers Sit chirping, and send...our ears For softness, and their weak faint sounds ; so, talking on the tower, These seniors of the people sate ; who when they saw the power Of beauty,... | |
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