The Works of the English Poets: Pope's HomerH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... bold , His ready tale th ' inventive hero told : Oft have I heard in Crete this ifland's name ; For ' twas from Crete my native foil I came , Self - banish'd thence . I fail'd before the wind , And left my children and my friends behind ...
... bold , His ready tale th ' inventive hero told : Oft have I heard in Crete this ifland's name ; For ' twas from Crete my native foil I came , Self - banish'd thence . I fail'd before the wind , And left my children and my friends behind ...
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... bold Argives led their warring powers , Against proud Ilion's well - defended towers ; Ulyffes was thy care , celeftial Maid ! Grac'd with thy fight , and favour'd with thy aid . But when the Trojan piles in ashes lay , And bound for ...
... bold Argives led their warring powers , Against proud Ilion's well - defended towers ; Ulyffes was thy care , celeftial Maid ! Grac'd with thy fight , and favour'd with thy aid . But when the Trojan piles in ashes lay , And bound for ...
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... bold ) The cautious chief his ready ftory told : On dark referve what better can prevail , Or from the fluent tongue produce the tale , Than when two friends , alone , in peaceful place Confer , and wines and cates the table grace ; But ...
... bold ) The cautious chief his ready ftory told : On dark referve what better can prevail , Or from the fluent tongue produce the tale , Than when two friends , alone , in peaceful place Confer , and wines and cates the table grace ; But ...
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... bold warriours , and a boundless store . O thou ! whom age has taught to understand , And Heaven has guided with a favouring hand ! On God or mortal to obtrude a lie Forbear , and dread to flatter as to die . Not for fuch ends my houfe ...
... bold warriours , and a boundless store . O thou ! whom age has taught to understand , And Heaven has guided with a favouring hand ! On God or mortal to obtrude a lie Forbear , and dread to flatter as to die . Not for fuch ends my houfe ...
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... bold faction rife , ' Or priests in fabled oracles advise ? 100 Or are thy brothers , who fhould aid thy power , Turn'd mean deferters in the needful hour ? Oh ! that I were from great Ulyffes sprung , Or that thefe wither'd nerves like ...
... bold faction rife , ' Or priests in fabled oracles advise ? 100 Or are thy brothers , who fhould aid thy power , Turn'd mean deferters in the needful hour ? Oh ! that I were from great Ulyffes sprung , Or that thefe wither'd nerves like ...
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againſt Alcinous Amphinomus Antinous arms Atrides breaſt cauſe coaft coaſt 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 fhining fhore fhould fince fire firſt flain fleep foft fome forrow foul fprings ftill ftranger fuch fuitors fure fwain Gods grace gueſt hafte hand heart Heaven hero himſelf Homer hoſpitable houſe Iliad inftant Jove juft king Laertes laſt loft lord mafter Medon Melanthius muſt native o'er Obfervant Pallas peers Phemius plac'd pleaſe praiſe prefent prince Pylos queen rage raiſe reft rejoin'd reſt rife royal ſaid ſhade ſhall ſhare ſhe ſhore ſkies ſpeak ſpeed ſpoke ſpread ſtands ſtate ſtay ſtill ſwain taſk tears Telemachus thee thefe Theoclymenus theſe thofe thoſe thou train tranflation tranſport treaſures Ulyffes vafe veffel vengeance whofe whoſe woes wretch youth
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Страница 33 - I then explored my thought, what course to prove (And sure the thought was dictated by Jove) : Oh, had he left me to that happier doom, And...
Страница 10 - Neptune rag'd; and how by his command Firm rooted in the surge a ship should stand ; (A monument of wrath) and mound on mound Should hide our walls, or whelm beneath the ground.
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