The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... feast repair . A victim ox beneath the facred hand Of great Alcinous falls , and ftains the fand . To Jove th ' Eternal ( Power above all Powers ! 25 Who wings the winds , and darkens Heaven ' with showers ) 30 The flames afcend : till ...
... feast repair . A victim ox beneath the facred hand Of great Alcinous falls , and ftains the fand . To Jove th ' Eternal ( Power above all Powers ! 25 Who wings the winds , and darkens Heaven ' with showers ) 30 The flames afcend : till ...
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... females each contain'd ; The males without ( a fmaller race ) remain ; Doom'd to supply the fuitors ' wasteful feast , A stock by daily luxury decreas'd ; C 4 15 20 Now Now fcarce four hundred left . Thefe to defend , [ 23 ]
... females each contain'd ; The males without ( a fmaller race ) remain ; Doom'd to supply the fuitors ' wasteful feast , A stock by daily luxury decreas'd ; C 4 15 20 Now Now fcarce four hundred left . Thefe to defend , [ 23 ]
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... feast and facrifice my chofen train Six days confum'd ; the feventh we plough'd the main . Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye ; Before the Boreal blafts the veffels fly ; Safe through the level feas we sweep our way ; The fteer ...
... feast and facrifice my chofen train Six days confum'd ; the feventh we plough'd the main . Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye ; Before the Boreal blafts the veffels fly ; Safe through the level feas we sweep our way ; The fteer ...
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... feast , Who fate delighted at his servant's board ; The faithful fervant joy'd his unknown lord . Oh ! be thou dear ( Ulyffes cry'd ) to Jove , As well thou claim'st a grateful stranger's love ! Be then thy thanks ( the bounteous fwain ...
... feast , Who fate delighted at his servant's board ; The faithful fervant joy'd his unknown lord . Oh ! be thou dear ( Ulyffes cry'd ) to Jove , As well thou claim'st a grateful stranger's love ! Be then thy thanks ( the bounteous fwain ...
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... feast , And the fhort rage of thirst and hunger ceas'd ) Ulyffes ' fon , with his illuftrious friend , The horses join , the polish'd car ascend . Along the court the fiery steeds rebound , And the wide portal echoes to the found . The ...
... feast , And the fhort rage of thirst and hunger ceas'd ) Ulyffes ' fon , with his illuftrious friend , The horses join , the polish'd car ascend . Along the court the fiery steeds rebound , And the wide portal echoes to the found . The ...
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againſt Alcinous Amphinomus Antinous arms Atrides breaſt caft cauſe coaft cries cry'd death defcends divine dome dreadful Dulichium Eumæus Euryclea Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid faithful fame fate feaſt fecret fhade fhall fhore fhould fide fince fire firſt flain flave fleep foft fome forrow foul ftill fuch fuitors fure fwain Gods grace gueſt hafte hand heart Heaven hero Homer houſe Iliad inftant Jove king labours Laertes laſt loft lord mafter Medon Melanthius muſt native numbers o'er Odyffey Pallas peers Phemius plac'd pleaſing praiſe prefent prince Pylos queen rage raiſe reft rejoin'd replies reply'd reſt rife royal ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſtore ſtranger taſk tears Telemachus thee thefe Theoclymenus theſe thofe thoſe thou train tranſport treaſures Ulyffes vafe veffel vengeance whofe whoſe woes wretch youth
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Página 252 - The ills ye mourn ; your own the guilty deed. Ye gave your sons, your lawless sons, the rein (Oft warn'd by Mentor and myself in vain) ; An absent hero's bed they sought to soil, An absent hero's wealth they made their spoil ; Immoderate riot, and intemperate lust ! The offence was great, the punishment was just.
Página 104 - This said, the honest herdsman strode before; The musing monarch pauses at the door: The dog, whom Fate had granted to behold His lord, when twenty tedious years had roll'd, Takes a last look, and having seen him, dies; So closed for ever faithful Argus...
Página 103 - He knew his lord ; he knew, and strove to meet ; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Página 173 - My grape shall redden, and my harvest grow. Or if each other's wrongs ye still support, With rapes and riot to profane my court; What single arm with numbers can contend? On me let all your lifted swords descend, And with my life such vile dishonours end.
Página 227 - And gulf'd in crowds at once the sailors die ; If one, more happy, while the tempest raves, Outlives the tumult of conflicting waves, All pale, with ooze deform'd, he views the strand, And plunging forth with transport grasps the land : The ravish'd queen with equal rapture glows, Clasps her loved lord, and to his bosom grows. Nor had they ended till the morning ray, But Pallas...
Página 199 - Confus'd the suitors stood; From their pale cheeks recedes the flying blood; Trembling they sought their guilty heads to hide, Alone the bold Eurymachus replied.
Página 269 - Turnus gives an eminent example, how far removed the style of them ought to be from such an excess of figures and ornaments : which indeed fits only that language of the Gods we have been speaking of, or that of a muse under inspiration.
Página 93 - O dearest, most rever'd of womankind! Cease with those tears to melt a manly mind, (Replied the prince) nor be our fates deplor'd, From death and treason to thy arms restor'd. Go bathe, and rob'd in white, ascend the towers; With all thy handmaids thank th' immortal powers; To every god vow hecatombs to bleed, And call Jove's vengeance on their guilty deed.
Página 280 - Homer as the greatest of human Poets, whereas in hers he was exalted above humanity ; infallibility and impeccability were two of his attributes.
Página 31 - From earth removed him to the shades below, The large domain his greedy sons divide, And each was portion'd as the lots decide. Little, alas ! was left my wretched share...