... darkness and uncertainty. To those who have been accustomed to the difficulties and dangers of a sea-faring life, there are no lines which speak more forcibly to the imagination, or prove the beauty and power of the Greek poet, than those in the noble... Salt Water Bubbles: Or, Life on the Wave - Page 150by John Sherburne Sleeper - 1854 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 790 pages
...men, the steeds, the armies, all are lost In general darkness — Lord of earth and air ! Oh king! oh father ! hear my humble prayer: Dispel this cloud, the light of Heaven restore; Gire me to see, and Ajax asks no more : If Greece must perish, we thy will obey, Eat let us perish... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1826 - 396 pages
...men, the steeds, the armies, all are lost In general darkness — Lord oT earth and airf 3h king ! oh 4, : 3ive me to see, and Ajax asks no more : 730 f Greece must perish, we thy will obey, But let us perish... | |
| Frederick Marryat - 1836 - 204 pages
...power of the Greek poet, than those in the noble prayer of Ajax. " Lord of earth and air, O king ! O father ! hear my humble prayer. Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven rertore ; Give me to see — and Ajax asks no more. If Greece must perish — we thy will obey : But... | |
| Homer - 1840 - 292 pages
...men, the steeds, the armies, all are lost In general darkness Lord of earth and air ! Oh King ! oh Father ! hear my humble prayer : Dispel this cloud, the light of Heaven restore j Give me to see, and Aiax asks no more If Greece must perish, we thy will obey, But let us perish... | |
| Henry Montagu Butler - 1869 - 368 pages
...him, and he could not see the foes with whom he had to combat : "Lord of earth and air ! O King! O Father ! hear my humble prayer ! Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore ; Give me to see : Thy servant asks no more. If we must perish, we Thy will obey, But let us perish in the face of day.... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1872 - 510 pages
...sovereign will is such, Destruction with it ; but, O, give us day." Coteper. Or, as rendered by Pope, — " Lord of earth and air ! 0 king ! 0 father ! hear my humble prayer 1 Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore ; Give me to see and Ajax asks no more ; If Greece... | |
| Thomas Bulfinch - 1898 - 568 pages
...enemy, could see no suitable messenger. Then he prayed : — " Lord of earth and air ! () king ! O father ! hear my humble prayer! Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore ; (Jive me to see and Ajsx asks no more. If Greece must perish we thy will obey, But let us perish... | |
| John Wilson - 1904 - 532 pages
...Quincey, North, and Shepherd, all are lost In general darkness. Lord of earth and air ! Oh King ! Oh Father ! hear my humble prayer : Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven res1 ore ; Give me to see, and Tickler asks no more. If I must p.'-rish — I thy will obey, But let... | |
| 1837 - 658 pages
...power of the Greek poet, than those in the noble prayer of Ajax. " Lord of earth and air, О king ! О father ! hear my humble prayer. Dispel this cloud, the light of heaven restore ; Give me to sec — and Ajax asks no more. If Greece must perish — we thy will obey : But let us pcrisli in the... | |
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