United States or Palestine ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
The favour of Venus is the reward of the labours of Mars, nor would I think it worth while to worship the god armipotent with the toil and risk attending his service, unless I had previously attained some decided proofs that I was wreathed with the myrtle, intimating the favour of his beautiful mistress."
"Why, I should be sorry to boast myself as a great horseman; but when I acted as aide-de-camp to Sir in the cavalry action at , last year, I saw many better cavaliers than myself dismounted." "Ah! you have looked in the face of the grisly god of arms then? you are acquainted with the frowns of Mars armipotent? That experience fills up the measure of your qualifications for the epopea!
By golden Venus and her son, by Mars armipotent powerless in such toils, and by Vulcan in chains too cunning for his pincers; by Saints Ovid and Sappho, the Chian, the Mantuan, and the Veronese, I swear this oath." "It is well done, Alessandro," assented the listening company.
First Coroebus is stretched by Peneleus' hand at the altar of the goddess armipotent; and Rhipeus falls, the one man who was most righteous and steadfast in justice among the Teucrians: the gods' ways are not as ours: Hypanis and Dymas perish, pierced by friendly hands; nor did all thy goodness, O Panthus, nor Apollo's fillet protect thy fall.
The mothers enter in, and while the temple steams with their incense, pour from the high doorway their mournful cry: 'Maiden armipotent, Tritonian, sovereign of war, break with thine hand the spear of the Phrygian plunderer, hurl him prone to earth and dash him down beneath our lofty gates. Turnus arrays himself in hot haste for battle, and even now hath done on his sparkling breastplate with its flickering scales of brass, and clasped his golden greaves, his brows yet bare and his sword buckled to his side; he runs down from the fortress height glittering in gold, and exultantly anticipates the foe.
On this Mars armipotent raised the spirit and strength of the Latins, and goaded their hearts to rage, and sent Flight and dark Fear among the Teucrians.
"Why, I should be sorry to boast myself as a great horseman; but when I acted as aide-de-camp to Sir in the cavalry action at , last year, I saw many better cavaliers than myself dismounted." "Ah! you have looked in the face of the grisly god of arms then? you are acquainted with the frowns of Mars armipotent? That experience fills up the measure of your qualifications for the epopea!
It arouses him, Heard far aloof! He laughs on us hammering The sword, the clear harness of iron, Armipotent paramour o’ Venus.—— Red glows the charcoal. Bend to the task, my boys, Time flies apace, and speedily night cometh, When we no more may ply the anvil; Fate cometh eke, i’ the murky midnight. Mark ye the pines, which rooted i’ rocky ground, Brave Euroclydon’s onset at evening. Day dawns.
Word Of The Day