 A wandering exile, from thy sister far. Nor in the cleansing lavers did I bathe With these fond hands thy corse, nor, as became A sister, bear 'from the consuming flames The mournful burden. By a stranger's hands These duties paid, thou com'st a little...  The Tragedies of Sophocles - Page 390by Sophocles - 1819 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sophocles - Greek drama - 1813 - 430 pages
...my heart Most dear, with other hopes I sent lhee hence, Not to receive thee thus ; for in my hands 1 bear thee, nothing now ; a splendid Youth, To glory...country far, A wandering exile, from thy sister far. i''. Nor in the cleansing lavers did I bathe With these fond hands thy corse, nor, as became A sister,... | |
 | John Potter (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1818 - 618 pages
...have sliar'd ; but thou hast perish'J now Far from thy house, and from thy country far; A wand'ring exile, from thy sister far. Nor in the cleansing lavers...By a stranger's hands * ' These duties paid, thou comest a little dust Closed in a little urn. FOTTXZ. For this reason, such as died in foreign1 countries... | |
 | John Potter - 1818 - 626 pages
...Hadst thou died in that sad day, Some little portion of thy father's tomb Thou woulds't have sliar'd ; but thou hast perish'd now Far from thy house, and from thy country far ; A wand'ring exile, from thy sister far. Nor in the cleansing lavers did I bathe With these fond hauds... | |
 | John Potter - Greece - 1818 - 616 pages
...in that sad day, Some little portion of thy father's tomb Thou woulds't have shar'd ; but thou bast perish'd now Far from thy house, and from thy country far ; A wand'ring eiile, from thy sister far. Nor in the cleansing lavers did I bathe With these fond hands... | |
 | Sophocles - Greek drama - 1820 - 432 pages
...sad day, Some little portion of thy father's tomb Thou wou'dst have shared: but thou hast pcrish'd now Far from thy house, and from thy country far,...burden. By a stranger's hands These duties paid, thou comest a little dust Closed in a little urn. Unhappy me, How vain is all my former nurturing care,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 442 pages
...sent thee. Hadst thou died in that sad day, Some little portion of thy father's tomb Thou would'st have shar'd ; but thou hast perish'd now, Far from thy house, and from thy country far, A wand'ring exile ! Sophocles ; — Electra ; — Potter. Many scenes are endeared to our feelings, also,... | |
 | Charles Bucke - Nature - 1823 - 444 pages
...died in that sad day, Some little portion of thy father's tomb Thou would'st have shar'd ; but tbou hast perish'd now, Far from thy house, and from thy country far, A wand'ring exile ! Sophocles ;—Eleetra ,- — Potter. Many scenes are endeared to our feelings, also,... | |
 | John Potter - 1832 - 626 pages
...sent thee ! Hadst thou died in that sad day, Some little portion of thy father's tomb Thou wouldst have shar'd ; but thou hast perish'd now Far from...thy sister far. Nor in the cleansing lavers did I buthe With these fond hands thy corse, nor, as became A sister, bear from the consuming flames The... | |
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