Researches in the Highlands of Turkey: Including Visits to Mounts Ida, Athos, Olympus, and Pelion, to the Mirdite Albanians, and Other Remote Tribes : with Notes on the Ballads Tales, and Classical Superstitions of the Modern Greeks, Volume 2J. Murray, 1869 |
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Page 315 - The lonely mountains o'er And the resounding shore A voice of weeping heard, and loud lament; From haunted spring and dale, Edged with poplar pale, The parting Genius is with sighing sent; With flower-inwoven tresses torn The Nymphs in twilight shade of tangled thickets mourn...
Page 35 - Anzi è formale ad esto beato esse tenersi dentro a la divina voglia, per ch'una fansi nostre voglie stesse: si che, come noi sem di soglia in soglia per questo regno, a tutto il regno piace com'a lo re ch'a suo voler ne invoglia.
Page 35 - Ch' arder parea d' amor nel primo foco : Frate, la nostra volontà quieta Virtù di carità, che fa volerne Sol quel ch' avemo, e d' altro non ci asseta. Se disiassimo esser più superne, Foran discordi li nostri disiri Dal voler di colui che qui ne cerne, Che vedrai non capere in questi giri, S' essere in carità è qui necesse, E se la sua natura ben rimiri.
Page 251 - And conquest home did bring, Then into England straight he came With fifty good and able Knights, that resorted unto him, And were of his round table...
Page 84 - But first, on earth as Vampire' sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent : Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race ; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life ; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse : Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are wither'd on the stem.
Page 45 - Olympus reeled throughout, Down to its rooted base, beneath the rush Of those immortals. The dark chasm of hell Was shaken with the trembling, with the tramp Of hollow footsteps and strong battle-strokes, And measureless uproar of wild pursuit. So they against each other through the air Hurled intermixed their weapons, scattering groans Where'er they fell.
Page 179 - Wallachia, the inhabitants of which country are called Vlachi. They are as nimble as deer, and descend from their mountains into the plains of Greece, committing robberies and making booty. Nobody ventures to make war upon them, nor can any king bring them to submission, and they do not profess the \ Christian faith.
Page 325 - Scoff not at death,' he answered, ' noble chief ! Rather would I in the sun's warmth divine Serve a poor churl who drags his days in grief, Than the whole lordship of the dead were mine.
Page 130 - ... miracle on Easter Sunday, when the well-mouth, from being dry, becomes full of water, and continues so during the day — no doubt in consequence of some subterraneous communication with the cistern. From this place there is an ascent of 160 yards to the highest point of the ridge, where the arete commences. A great part of the circuit of the ancient walls below may be traced, the conspicuous tower which rises above the sea at the southern extremity of the town being the only modern addition....