Illustrations of the Tragedies of Sophocles; From the Greek, Latin and English Poets

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1844 Excerpt: ...shorter labour, and a lighter weight, Received but yesterday, the gift of breath, Ordered to.morrow, to return to death. But oh! beyond description, happiest he, Who ne'er must roll on life's tumultuous sea; Exempt, must never burst the teeming womb, Nor see the sun, nor sink into the tomb; Who breathes must suffer, and who thinks must mourn, And he alone is blest, who ne'er was born. Prior's Solomon. 'Tis the great birthright of mankind to die. Thomson's Epitaph of Miss Stanley. ndvruv fikv fiii pvvai lirixBoviolaiv Hpurrov, M)5 taidetv airyas o£eoj aeAtov, $iWa 5' Sirus &KUTtU irvas 'AfSao irepijaai. Tears, which check'd by shame and light, Do only drop by day; by night, Gush out in floods and cataracts. Charles Cotton. Elegy. 1263 K6fi'q Si avpas aKreviarOs aaaerai. On a sudden blast flew my whistling hair. Ossian's Cathlin of Clutha. The same description occurs five or six times in Ossian. His gray hair loose on the wind. War of Caros. And Gray's Bard: His hoary hair Stream'd, like a meteor, to the troubled air. 269 'lW' eaTt yap Kal Zrjvl avvOaKos Opovtav AlSos eV 6/3y04? iraai, Kal 7rpo? aot, irdWep, Ilapaa-raOryrco. Oh, Father! mercy is an attribute As high as justice, an essential part Of his unbounded goodness, whose divine Impression, forme and image, man should beare; And methinks man should love to imitate His mercy. C. Tourneur's Atheist's Tragedy, act iii. sc. 1. It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then shew likest God's, When mercy seasons justice. Merchant of Venice, act iv. sc. 2. Kings come near in nature, Unto the Gods, in being touch'd with pity. Ford's Perkin Warbeck, act iv. sc. 1. Also Thomas May's Heir, act iv. sc. I. 1274 $dvnaov, S irdrep, Tf firj fi airoarpafyfjs. OiS1 avrafieifiei ovSiv; Look at me!...