The Iliad: Book 22 (Homer Poems)
Thus the Trojans in the city, scared like fawns, wiped the sweatfrom off them and drank to quench their thirst, ...
Thus the Trojans in the city, scared like fawns, wiped the sweatfrom off them and drank to quench their thirst, ...
The twilight falls; I soften the dusting feathers,And clean again.The house has lain and moldered for three days.The windows smeared ...
With younger men he takes his stand, To the recruiting-sergeant nigh,Sees others chosen: lifts a hand In hopes to catch the unwilling ...
LAST eve the earth was calm, the heavens were clear;A peaceful glory crowned the waning west,And yonder distant mountain's hoary ...
O pertest, most self-satisfied Of aught that breathes or moves, ...
The King was drinking in Malwood Hall,There came in a monk before them all:He thrust by squire, he thrust by ...
THE lilies lean to the white, white rose, The sweet limes send to the blossomed trees, Soft kisses borne by ...
WE clutch our joys as children do their flowers; We look at them, but scarce believe them ours, Till our ...
I heard youth's silver clarion call to Fate, And looking forth beheld his flower-fair face, Framed in his ...
They lie, the men who tell us for reasons of their own That want is here a stranger, and that ...
Gods, what a black, fierce day! The clouds were iron, Wrenched to strange, rugged shapes; the red sun winked Over ...
We are the smirched. Queen Honor is the spotless. We slept thro' wars where Honor could not sleep. We were ...
And must the Senator from Illinois Be this squat thing, with blinking, half-closed eyes? This brazen gutter idol, reared to ...
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