 | Poetical Works of Robert Bridges excluding the eight dramas |  |
‘O sir, I that accost thee am in good truth the celestial
Hermes, whom great Zeus did charge to attend thee in escort:
But hence must I turn me again, nor now will I enter
Into Achilles' sight; twould make good cause for his anger
Were an immortal god to befriend men so manifestly.
Enter thou, and as thou pray'st, in lowliness embrace
His knees, & by his sire & fair heav'n-born mother implore
And by his son, that thou may'st melt his soul with emotion.’
Hermes, whom great Zeus did charge to attend thee in escort:
But hence must I turn me again, nor now will I enter
Into Achilles' sight; twould make good cause for his anger
Were an immortal god to befriend men so manifestly.
Enter thou, and as thou pray'st, in lowliness embrace
His knees, & by his sire & fair heav'n-born mother implore
And by his son, that thou may'st melt his soul with emotion.’
| Poetical Works of Robert Bridges excluding the eight dramas | |