 From Colophon some deem thee sprung ; From Smyrna some, and some from Chios ; These noble Salamis have sung, While those proclaim thee born in los ; And others cry up Thessaly, The mother of the Lapithae.  Poems Original and Translated - Page 258by John Herman Merivale - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Robert Bland - English poetry - 1833 - 468 pages
...sung, While those proclaim thee born in los ; And others cry up Thessaly, The mother of the Lapithse. Thus each to Homer has assign'd The birth-place just...the volume right By Phoebus to his followers given, I 'd say, They 're all mistaken quite, And that his real country 's Heaven ; While for his mother —... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 568 pages
...born in los ¡ And others cry up Thessaly The mother of the Lapithas. Thus each to Homer has assigned The birth-place just which suits his mind. But, if...country's heaven ; While for his mother, she can be 255 ON ORPHEUS. No more, sweet Orpheus! shall thou lead along Oaks, rocks, and savage monsters with... | |
 | William Peter - English poetry - 1847 - 562 pages
...in los ; And others cry up Thessaly The mother of the Lapithae. Thus each to Homer has assigu'd • The birth-place just which suits his mind. But, if I read the volume right, By Phcebus to his followers given, I'd say they're all mistaken quite, And that his real country's heaven... | |
 | Epigrams, Greek - 1852 - 698 pages
...great heaven is your country, and you were not from a mortal parent, but from Calliop6 your mother. From Colophon some deem thee sprung ; From Smyrna...right, By Phoebus to his followers given, I'd say — They 're all mistaken quite, And that his real country 's heaven ; While for his mother, she can... | |
 | George Burges - Epigrams, Greek - 1852 - 552 pages
...some, and some from Chios ; These noble Salamis have sung, While those proclaim thee born in Ios ; And others cry up Thessaly, The mother of the Lapithae....right, By Phoebus to his followers given, I'd say — They 're all mistaken quite, And that his real country 's heaven ; While for his mother, she can... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 540 pages
...sung, While those proclaim thee born in los ; And others cry up Thessaly, The mother of the Lapithse. Thus each to Homer has assign'd The birth-place just...right, By Phoebus to his followers given, I'd say — They 're all mistaken quite, And that his real country 's heaven ; While for his mother, she can... | |
 | Abraham Mills - Greek literature - 1858 - 498 pages
...suits his mind. But, if I read the volume right, By Phcebus to his followers given, IM say they 're all mistaken quite, And that his real country's heaven;...for his mother, she can be No other than Calliope. ON SAPPHO. ON ERDfNA. Few were thy notes, Erinna, — short thy lay, — But thy short lay the Muse... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1860 - 568 pages
...born in los; And others cry np Thessaly, The mother of the Lapitha*. Thus each to HOMER has assigned The birthplace just which suits his mind ; But if...for his Mother, she can be No other than Calliope"." • The third is of uncertain authorship : — "Not the plain of Pnn'rna produced the divine Homer,... | |
 | John Booth - Epigrams - 1865 - 400 pages
...sung, While those proclaim thee born in los ; And others cry up Thessaly, The mother of the Lapithas. Thus each to Homer has assign'd The birthplace just...the volume right, By Phoebus to his followers given, I 'd say, they are mistaken quite, And that his real country's Heaven ; While for his mother, she can... | |
 | Epigrams - 1865 - 398 pages
...suits his mind : But if I read the volume right, By Phcebus to his followers given, I'd say, they are mistaken quite, And that his real country's Heaven...for his mother, she can be No other than Calliope. Merivale. Antipater's Epigram on Homer was also written in Latin by Sannazaro the Italian poet, who,... | |
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