 | 1807 - 572 pàgines
...: but the ensuing translation, we think, preserves more of the fire of the original : ' I'll wreath my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid the tyrant low, ' Harmodius, hail ! tho' reft of breath, Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death; Tlie heroes' happy... | |
 | Randolph Fitz-Eustace - 1824 - 338 pàgines
...which Mr. Denman has given a beautifully bold translation in Eland's Greek Anthology, p. 122 : — I'll wreathe my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that...patriots, burning to be free, To Athens gave equality ! &c. Sir William Jones has, in his classic verse, celebrated this deed : first, in his Ode in Imitation... | |
 | Robert Bland - 1833 - 468 pàgines
...others, a list of which is given (vol. ii. p. 530) by Mr. Fynes Clinton, who fixes him at BC 154. I 'LL wreathe my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid...be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodius, hail ! though 'reft of breath, Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death ; The heroes' happy isles shall... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1846 - 792 pàgines
...been preserved, and is esteemed among the noblest specimens of the lyric muse of Greece. I'll wreath my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid the...be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shall feel the stroke of death ; The heroes' happy islesf shall... | |
 | Henry Wellesley - 1849 - 526 pàgines
...Scannen, bie i^r ©c^enïtet 2ltÇen (Serec^tigfeit unb grei^eit ! Christian von Stolberß. I'll wreath my sword in myrtle bough. The sword that laid the...be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death ; The heroes' happy isles shall... | |
 | Henry Wellesley - 1849 - 508 pàgines
...ïçrannen, bie i^r ©c^enitet 5ltt)en ©erec^tigfeit unb Srei^eit ! Christian von Slolber£. I'll wreath my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid the tyrant low, When patriots, hurning to be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shalt... | |
 | George Burges - 1852 - 540 pàgines
...Harmodius and Aristogeiton, because ye killed the tyrant, and caused Athens to be under equal laws. I 'l1 wreathe my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid...be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death. The heroes' happy isles shall be... | |
 | George Burges - 1852 - 552 pàgines
...Harmodius and Aristogeiton, because ye killed the tyrant, and caused Athens to be under equal laws. 1 11 wreathe my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid...patriots burning to be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodiud, hail ! though refi of breath, Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death. The heroes' happy... | |
 | 1852 - 698 pàgines
...Aristogeiton, because ye killed the tyrant, and caused Athens to be under equal laws. 1 11 wreathe nry sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid the tyrant...be free, To Athens gave equality. Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shalt feel the stroke of death. The heroes' happy isles shall be... | |
 | Athenaeus (of Naucratis.) - 1854 - 482 pàgines
...worshipped at Athens, and had a temple near that of Minerva Polias. — Smith, Diet. Gr. and Rom. Biog. X. I'll wreathe my sword in myrtle bough, The. sword...tyrant low, When patriots, burning to be free, To Athena gave equality.1 XI. Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shall feel the stroke... | |
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I'll wreath my sword in myrtle bough, The sword that laid the tyrant low, When patriots, burning to be free, To Athens gave equality. " Harmodius, hail ! though reft of breath, Thou ne'er shall feel the stroke of death! The heroes' happy isles shall be... 
