Classic Tales by Famous Authors (Volume 2)

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. 1905 Excerpt: ...breach appears; the walls lie bare; j And, like a deluge, rushes in the war. i, Sarpedon Driven Back.--(DERBY.) Ajax and Teucer him at once assail'd; This with an arrow struck the glitt'ring belt Around his breast, whence hung his pond'rous shield; But Jove, who will'd not that his son should fall Before the ships, the weapon turn'd aside. Then forward Ajax sprang, and with his spear Thrust at the shield; the weapon pass'd not through, I Yet check'd his bold advance; a little space Back he recoil'd, With fiercer zeal the Lycians press'd around Their King and councillor; on th' other side Within the wall the Greeks their squadrons mass'd; Then were great deeds achiev'd; nor thro' the breacK Could the brave troops of Lycia to the ships Their passage force; nor could the warrior Greeks Repel the Lycians from the ground, where they, Before the wall, had made their footing good. Hector Destroys tne Gates and Drives the Greeks to the Ships.--(DERBY.) So even hung the balance of the war, Till Jove with highest honor Hector crown'd, The son of Priam; he, the foremost, scal'd The wall, and loudly on the Trojans call'd: On, valiant Trojans, on! the Grecian wall ' of the door it fell; the massive bars were shattered by the blow; it rent the hinges, tore the bolts apart, and crashing, drove the ruined portals in. Right through the gap the glorious chieftain sprang, dreadful in might, his eyes like flaming fire. His blazing armor filled the foe with dread, his mighty javelins threatened speedy death! Behind their chief the Trojan warriors surged, and other legions swarmed across the wall. Hector had won the camp; the routed Greeks fled panic-stricken to their threatened ships. Break down, and wrap their ships in blazing fires. Thus he, exhorting, spoke; the...