The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerSamuel Johnson H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... flames with fat of oxen flain ; God of the filver bow ! thy fhafts employ , Avenge thy fervant , and the Greeks destroy . 55 60 65 Thus Chryfes pray'd : The favouring power attends , And from Olympus ' lofty tops descends . Bent was his ...
... flames with fat of oxen flain ; God of the filver bow ! thy fhafts employ , Avenge thy fervant , and the Greeks destroy . 55 60 65 Thus Chryfes pray'd : The favouring power attends , And from Olympus ' lofty tops descends . Bent was his ...
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... flames that sparkle from her eyes . Defcends Minerva in her guardian care , A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear From Atreus ' fon : then let thofe eyes that view The daring crime , behold the vengeance too . Forbear ! ( the progeny ...
... flames that sparkle from her eyes . Defcends Minerva in her guardian care , A heavenly witness of the wrongs I bear From Atreus ' fon : then let thofe eyes that view The daring crime , behold the vengeance too . Forbear ! ( the progeny ...
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... flames afpire ; The youth with inftruments furround the fire The thighs thus facrific'd , and entrails dreft , Th ' affistants part , transfix , and roast the rest : Then spread the tables , the repaft prepare , Each takes his feat ...
... flames afpire ; The youth with inftruments furround the fire The thighs thus facrific'd , and entrails dreft , Th ' affistants part , transfix , and roast the rest : Then spread the tables , the repaft prepare , Each takes his feat ...
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... flame . Say , artful manager of heaven ( the cries ) Who now partakes the fecrets of the skies ? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate , In vain the partner of imperial state . 700 What favourite Goddefs then thofe cares divides ...
... flame . Say , artful manager of heaven ( the cries ) Who now partakes the fecrets of the skies ? Thy Juno knows not the decrees of fate , In vain the partner of imperial state . 700 What favourite Goddefs then thofe cares divides ...
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... flames afpire , While the fat victim feeds the facred fire . The thighs thus facrific'd , and entrails drest , 505 510 Th ' affiftants part , transfix , and roaft the reft ; Then spread the tables , the repast prepare , Each takes his ...
... flames afpire , While the fat victim feeds the facred fire . The thighs thus facrific'd , and entrails drest , 505 510 Th ' affiftants part , transfix , and roaft the reft ; Then spread the tables , the repast prepare , Each takes his ...
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Achilles againſt Agamemnon Ajax arms Atrides bands beneath bold brave breaſt cauſe chariot chief counfels courfers crown'd dare dart defcending Diomed divine dreadful Eurypylus Ev'n eyes facred faid fame fate fent fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filent filver fire firft firſt fix'd flain flames flew fome foul fpear ftand fteeds ftill ftrength ftrong fuch fury glory Goddeſs Gods Grecian Greece Greeks ground hafte hand Heaven Hector heroes himſelf hoft Homer honours hoſt Idomeneus immortal javelin Jove king lance laſt Lycian Menelaus mighty monarch moſt Neftor numbers o'er Oeneus Oïleus Pallas Patroclus pierc'd plain praiſe Priam prince Pylian race rage reft rifing ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhare ſhips ſhore Simoïs ſkies ſpoils ſpoke ſpread ſtand ſtate ſteeds Sthenelus ſtood Teucer thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan troops Troy Tydeus Tydides Ulyffes walls warriour whofe whoſe wound
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Страница 132 - Apollo's altars in his native town. Now with full force the yielding horn he bends, Drawn to an arch, and joins the doubling ends ; (.'lose to his breast he strains the nerve below, Till the barb'd point approach the circling bow ; The impatient weapon whizzes on the wing ; Sounds the tough horn, and twangs the quivering string.
Страница 26 - far-shooting," is capable of two explications, one literal in respect of the darts and bow, the ensigns of that god, the other allegorical with regard to the rays of the sun; therefore in such places where Apollo is represented as a god in person, I would use the former interpretation, and where the effects of the sun are described, I would make choice of the latter.
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Страница 5 - ... of both Homer's poems into one, which is yet but a fourth part as large as his. The other epic poets have...