The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... flame . But Neptune , rifing from the feas profound , The God whofe earthquakes rock the folid ground , Now wears a mortal form ; like Chalcas feen , Such , his loud voice , and fuch his manly mien ; His fhouts inceffant every Greek ...
... flame . But Neptune , rifing from the feas profound , The God whofe earthquakes rock the folid ground , Now wears a mortal form ; like Chalcas feen , Such , his loud voice , and fuch his manly mien ; His fhouts inceffant every Greek ...
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... flame ? A change fo fhameful , fay , what cause has wrought ? The foldier's baseness , or the general's fault ? Fools ! will ye perish for your leader's vice ; The purchase infamy , and life the price ? ' Tis not your caufe , Achilles ...
... flame ? A change fo fhameful , fay , what cause has wrought ? The foldier's baseness , or the general's fault ? Fools ! will ye perish for your leader's vice ; The purchase infamy , and life the price ? ' Tis not your caufe , Achilles ...
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... flame with gold Nor vain ( faid Merion ) are our martial toils ; We too can boast of no ignoble spoils . But thofe my ship contains ; whence distant far , I fight confpicuous in the van of war . What need I more ? if any Greek there be ...
... flame with gold Nor vain ( faid Merion ) are our martial toils ; We too can boast of no ignoble spoils . But thofe my ship contains ; whence distant far , I fight confpicuous in the van of war . What need I more ? if any Greek there be ...
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... flame ; Till Jove himself defcends , his bolts to shed , And hurl the blazing ruin at our head . Great must he be , of more than human birth , Nor feed like mortals on the fruits of earth , Him neither rocks can crush , nor fteel can ...
... flame ; Till Jove himself defcends , his bolts to shed , And hurl the blazing ruin at our head . Great must he be , of more than human birth , Nor feed like mortals on the fruits of earth , Him neither rocks can crush , nor fteel can ...
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... flame , Crimes heap'd on crimes fhall bend your glory down , And whelm in ruins yon flagitious town . O thou , great Father ! Lord of earth and skies , Above the thought of man ! fupremely wife ! If from thy hand the fates of mortals ...
... flame , Crimes heap'd on crimes fhall bend your glory down , And whelm in ruins yon flagitious town . O thou , great Father ! Lord of earth and skies , Above the thought of man ! fupremely wife ! If from thy hand the fates of mortals ...
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