The Iliad, tr. by mr. Pope. [With notes partly by W. Broome. Preceded by] An essay on ... Homer [by T. Parnell].1756 |
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... God : Forgive me , Greece , if once I quit the field : ' Tis not to Hector , but to heav'n I yield , Yet , nor the God , nor heav'n , fhould give me fear , Did but the voice of Ajax reach my ear : Still would we turn , ftill battle on ...
... God : Forgive me , Greece , if once I quit the field : ' Tis not to Hector , but to heav'n I yield , Yet , nor the God , nor heav'n , fhould give me fear , Did but the voice of Ajax reach my ear : Still would we turn , ftill battle on ...
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... god - like Ajax knew ; Where lab'ring on the left the warrior flood , All grim in arms , and cover'd o'er with blood , There breathing courage , where the God of day Had funk each heart with terror and dismay . 2 To him the King . Oh ...
... god - like Ajax knew ; Where lab'ring on the left the warrior flood , All grim in arms , and cover'd o'er with blood , There breathing courage , where the God of day Had funk each heart with terror and dismay . 2 To him the King . Oh ...
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... Gods impart Impel one Trojan hand , or Trojan heart ; ( Such , as fhou'd burn in ev'ry foul , that draws 175 The sword for glory , and his country's caufe ) Ev'n yet our mutual arms we might employ , And drag yon ' carcass to the walls ...
... Gods impart Impel one Trojan hand , or Trojan heart ; ( Such , as fhou'd burn in ev'ry foul , that draws 175 The sword for glory , and his country's caufe ) Ev'n yet our mutual arms we might employ , And drag yon ' carcass to the walls ...
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... God , whereas Hector's was only of the hand of a mortal ; but fince both were clad in armour made by Vulcan , Achilles's victory will be compleat , " and in its full luftre . Befides this reafon ( which is for neceffity and probability ) ...
... God , whereas Hector's was only of the hand of a mortal ; but fince both were clad in armour made by Vulcan , Achilles's victory will be compleat , " and in its full luftre . Befides this reafon ( which is for neceffity and probability ) ...
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... God whofe thunder rends the troubled air , Beheld with pity ; as apart he fate , 225 And confcious , look'd thro ' all the scene of fate . He fhook the facred honours of his head ; Olympus trembled , and the Godhead faid : Ah wretched ...
... God whofe thunder rends the troubled air , Beheld with pity ; as apart he fate , 225 And confcious , look'd thro ' all the scene of fate . He fhook the facred honours of his head ; Olympus trembled , and the Godhead faid : Ah wretched ...
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Achilles Achilles's Æneas affift againſt Ajax ancients anſwer Antilochus Apollo armour arms Atrides Automedon battel becauſe befides brave breaſt buckler caft chariot cloſe Compartiment Dacier darkneſs dead death defcending defcription defign dreadful Eneas Euftathius Euphorbus eyes facred faid fame fate fave fays feems fent fhall fhew fhould fide field fight filver fince fire firft flain flies flood fome forrows fpear fpeech ftand ftill ftream fubject fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks hand heav'n Hector hero himſelf hoft Homer Iliad itſelf jav'lin Jove Juno Jupiter Laomedon lefs Lycaon Menelaus mortal moſt Neptune o'er obferves occafion paffage Pallas Patroclus Peleus perfon plain poet Polydamas pow'rs prefent Priam rage reafon reprefented rifing river round Scamander ſhall ſhore ſkies ſpeak ſpear ſpoke ſpread ſtands thee thefe theſe Thetis thofe thoſe thou thro tremble Trojans Troy uſed Virgil Vulcan warrior whofe Xanthus
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Page 51 - Wedged in one body, like a flight of cranes, That shriek incessant, while the falcon, hung High on poised pinions, threats their callow young. So from the Trojan chiefs the Grecians fly, Such the wild terror, and the mingled cry...
Page 185 - And stretch'd the servant o'er his dying lord. As when a flame the winding valley fills, And runs on crackling shrubs between the hills; Then o'er the stubble up the mountain flies, Fires the high woods, and blazes to the skies, This way, and that, the spreading torrent roars : So sweeps the hero through the wasted shores...
Page 79 - That done, their sorrows and their sighs renew. Meanwhile to Juno, in the realms above, (His wife and sister,) spoke almighty Jove. " At last thy will prevails : great Peleus' son Rises in arms : such grace thy Greeks have won.
Page 91 - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance and hymeneal rite ; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed ; The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute and cithern's silver sound ; Through the fair streets the matrons in a row Stand in their porches and enjoy the show.
Page 184 - Both in one instant from the chariot hurl'd, Sunk in one instant to the nether world : This difference only their sad fates afford, That one the spear destroy'd, and one the sword.
Page 142 - For Peleus breathes no more the vital air; Or drags a wretched life of age and care, But till the news of my sad fate invades His hastening soul, and sinks him to the shades.
Page 49 - Gone is Antilochus (the hero said) ; But hope not, warriors, for Achilles' aid: Though fierce his rage, unbounded be his woe, Unarm'd, he fights not with the Trojan foe.
Page 201 - And in his deep abysses shakes with fear." He said: then from the bank his javelin tore, And left the breathless warrior in his gore. The floating tides the bloody...
Page 70 - When men distress'd hang out the sign of war;) Soon as the sun in ocean hides his rays, Thick on the hills the flaming beacons blaze; With long-projected beams the seas are bright, And heaven's high arch reflects the ruddy light: So from Achilles' head the splendours rise, Reflecting blaze on blaze against the skies.
Page 122 - And from the broad effulgence turn their eyes. Unmov'd, the hero kindles at the show, And feels with rage divine his bosom glow ; »о From his fierce eye-balls living flames expire, And flash incessant like a stream of fire: He turns the radiant gift, and feeds his mind On all th' immortal artist had design'd.