The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 38H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... thine , the people , and the king ! Thus he ; then parting prints the fandy shore To the fair port : a herald march'd before , B 3 " 70 7.5 80 Sent Sent by Alcinous ; of Arete's train Three chofen maids ODYSSEY , BOOK XIII . 5.
... thine , the people , and the king ! Thus he ; then parting prints the fandy shore To the fair port : a herald march'd before , B 3 " 70 7.5 80 Sent Sent by Alcinous ; of Arete's train Three chofen maids ODYSSEY , BOOK XIII . 5.
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... Fair Ithaca's emerging hills arife . 115 120 125 Far from the town a fpacious port appears , Sacred to Phorcys ' power , whofe name it bears : Two craggy rocks projecting to the main , The roaring wind's tempeftuous rage restrain ...
... Fair Ithaca's emerging hills arife . 115 120 125 Far from the town a fpacious port appears , Sacred to Phorcys ' power , whofe name it bears : Two craggy rocks projecting to the main , The roaring wind's tempeftuous rage restrain ...
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... fair ifle which Neptune's arms furround ! From what fair clime ( faid fhe ) remote from fame , Arriv'ft thou here a stranger to our name ? Thou feeft an island , not to those unknown 285 Whofe hills are brighten'd by the rising fun ...
... fair ifle which Neptune's arms furround ! From what fair clime ( faid fhe ) remote from fame , Arriv'ft thou here a stranger to our name ? Thou feeft an island , not to those unknown 285 Whofe hills are brighten'd by the rising fun ...
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... fair virgin in her beauty's bloom , } Skill'd in th ' illuftrious labours of the loom . Oh , ftill the fame Ulyffes ! fhe rejoin'd , In useful craft fuccessfully refin'd Artful in fpeech , in action , and in mind ! Suffic'd it not ...
... fair virgin in her beauty's bloom , } Skill'd in th ' illuftrious labours of the loom . Oh , ftill the fame Ulyffes ! fhe rejoin'd , In useful craft fuccessfully refin'd Artful in fpeech , in action , and in mind ! Suffic'd it not ...
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... fair islands of the neighbouring main . Nor all the monarchs whofe far - dreaded sway The wide - extended continents obey : First , on the main land , of Ulyffes ' breed 115 120 Twelve herds , twelve flocks , on ocean's margin feed ; As ...
... fair islands of the neighbouring main . Nor all the monarchs whofe far - dreaded sway The wide - extended continents obey : First , on the main land , of Ulyffes ' breed 115 120 Twelve herds , twelve flocks , on ocean's margin feed ; As ...
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againſt Alcinous Amphinomus Antinous arms Atrides bleffing bleft breaſt caft cauſe coaft Crete cries cry'd death defcends divine dome dreadful Dulichium Eumæus Euryclea Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid faithful fame fate feaft feaſt fecret fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fide fince fire firſt flain foft fome forrow foul fprings ftand ftill ftranger fuch fuitors fure fwain Goddeſs Gods grace gueft gueſt hafte hand heart Heaven hero Homer Iliad inftant Jove king Laertes laſt loft lord Medon Melanthius muſt native o'er Pallas peers Phemius plac'd pleafing pleaſe praiſe prince Pylos queen rage raiſe reft rejoin'd replies reply'd reſt rife royal ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhore ſkies ſky ſpeak ſpear ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtay ſtill ſwain taſk tears Telemachus thee thefe Theoclymenus theſe thofe thoſe thou train Ulyffes vafe veffel vengeance whofe whoſe woes wretch youth
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Страница 275 - the latter, where we find not an antiquated, affefted, or uncouth word, for fome hundred lines together; as in his fifth book, the latter part of the eighth, the former of the tenth and eleventh books, and in the narration of Michael in the twelfth. I wonder indeed that he, who ventured (contrary to the
Страница 103 - knew,, and ftrove to meet; In vain he ftrove to crawl, and kifs his feet; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his mafter, and confefs his joys. Soft pity touch'd the mighty
Страница 51 - in better days, by Helen wove : Safe in thy mother's care the vefture lay, 14.0 To deck thy bride, and grace thy nuptial day. Meantime may'ft thou with happieft fpeed regain Thy ftately palace, and thy wide domain. She faid, and gave the veil; with grateful look The prince the variegated
Страница 269 - is ufmg a vaft force to lift a feather. I believe, now I am upon this head, it will be found a juft obfervation, That the low aftions of life cannot be put into a figurative ftyle, without being ridiculous ; but things natural can' Metaphors raif'e the latter into dignity, as we fee in the
Страница 258 - on thy immortal brow. Thus when thy draughts, O Raphael! time invades, And the bold figure from the canvas fades, A rival hand recalls from every part Some latent grace, and equals art with art : Tranfported we furvey the dubious ftrife, While each fair image ftarts again to life. How long,
Страница 264 - are ill invented, or ill executed. He affirms it to be nice and particular in painting the manners, but not that thofe manners are ill painted. If Homer has fully in thefe points accomplifhed his own defign, and done all that the nature of his poem demanded or allowed, it
Страница 60 - thou (he cries) haft felt The fpite of fortune too ! her cruel hand 410 Snatch'd thee an infant from thy native land ! Snatch'd from thy parents' arms, thy parents' eyes, To early wants! a man of miferies ! Thy whole fad ftory, from its firft, declare : Sunk the fair city by the rage of war,
Страница 42 - The morn confpicuous on her golden throne. 570 Oh, were my ftrength as then, as then my age! Some friend would fence me from the winter's rage. Yet, tatter'd as I look, I challeng'd then The honours and the offices of men : Some mafter, or fome fervant, would allow 575 A cloak and
Страница 267 - find in each the fame vivacity and fecundity of invention, the fame life and ftrength of imaging and colouring, the particular defcriptions as highly painted, the figures as bold, the metaphors as animated, and the numbers as harmonious, and as various. The Odyfley is a perpetual fource of poetry: the
Страница 284 - we have at leaft none of the blafphemers of Homer. We fteadfaftly and unanimoufly believe, both his poem, and our conftitution, to be the beft that ever human wit invented : that the one is not more incapable of amendment than the other; and (old as they both are) we