The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and OdysseyA. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... lie level with the ground ; May Jove'reftore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native ... lies ; And prayers , and tears , and brib.s , shall plead in For though we deem the short - liv'd fury past , vain ...
... lie level with the ground ; May Jove'reftore you , when your toils are o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native ... lies ; And prayers , and tears , and brib.s , shall plead in For though we deem the short - liv'd fury past , vain ...
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... lie , Till rofy morn had purpled o'er the sky : Then launch , and hoift the maft ; indulgent gales , Supply'd by Phoebus ... lies the great decree , Nor can the depths of fate be pierc'd by thee . What fits thy knowledge , thou the firft ...
... lie , Till rofy morn had purpled o'er the sky : Then launch , and hoift the maft ; indulgent gales , Supply'd by Phoebus ... lies the great decree , Nor can the depths of fate be pierc'd by thee . What fits thy knowledge , thou the firft ...
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... lies in the Grecian camp and upon the fea - fhore ; toward the end it removes to Troy . OW pleasing sleep had feal'd each inortal eye , Now Stretch'd in the tents the Grecian leaders lie , Th ' immortals flumber'd on their thrones above ...
... lies in the Grecian camp and upon the fea - fhore ; toward the end it removes to Troy . OW pleasing sleep had feal'd each inortal eye , Now Stretch'd in the tents the Grecian leaders lie , Th ' immortals flumber'd on their thrones above ...
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... lies , far diftant from his native plain ; Unfinish'd , his proud palaces remain , And his fad confort beats her breast in vain . His troops in forty fhips Podarces led , 1phiclus ' fon , and brother to the dead ; Nor he unworthy to ...
... lies , far diftant from his native plain ; Unfinish'd , his proud palaces remain , And his fad confort beats her breast in vain . His troops in forty fhips Podarces led , 1phiclus ' fon , and brother to the dead ; Nor he unworthy to ...
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... lies , tall , smooth , and largely fpread , With all its beauteous honours on its head ; There , left a fubject to the wind and rain , And fcorch'd by funs , it withers on the plain . Thus pierc'd by Ajax , Simoïfius lies 555 560 ...
... lies , tall , smooth , and largely fpread , With all its beauteous honours on its head ; There , left a fubject to the wind and rain , And fcorch'd by funs , it withers on the plain . Thus pierc'd by Ajax , Simoïfius lies 555 560 ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous Antilochus arms Atrides bleft bold brave breaft caft caufe chief courfers crown'd death defcends divine dreadful duft Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate fatire feas fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fince fire firft fkies flain flame fleep flies foft fome forrows foul fpear fpoke fpread fprings ftand ftill ftream fuch fure fury glory Goddefs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart Heaven Hector hero himſelf hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion Jove juft king laft lefs loft lord mighty Mufe muft numbers nymph o'er paffion Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain Priam prince queen race rage reft rife round ſhall ſhore ſkies ſtand ſtate tears Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe whofe wife woes wound youth
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Page 309 - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
Page 6 - Homer was the greater genius, Virgil the better artist. In one, we most admire the man ; in the other, the work: Homer hurries and transports us with a commanding impetuosity ; Virgil leads us with an attractive majesty...
Page 317 - Ev'n here, where frozen chastity retires, Love finds an altar for forbidden fires. I ought to grieve, but cannot what I ought; I mourn the lover, not lament the fault; I view my crime, but kindle at the view...
Page 301 - Some to Conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at ev'ry line; Pleas'd with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring Chaos and wild heap of wit. Poets, like painters, thus, unskill'd to trace The naked nature and the living grace, With gold and jewels cover ev'ry part, And hide with ornaments their want of art.
Page 376 - A cherub's face, a reptile all the rest; Beauty that shocks you, parts that none will trust, Wit that can creep, and pride that licks the dust.
Page 355 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Page 394 - Seen him, unencumbered with the venal tribe, Smile without art, and win without a bribe. Would he oblige me? let me only find He does not think me what he thinks mankind.
Page 308 - Soon as she spreads her hand, th' aerial guard Descend, and sit on each important card: First Ariel perched upon a Matadore, Then each, according to the rank they bore; For Sylphs, yet mindful of their ancient race, 35 Are, as when women, wondrous fond of place.
Page 312 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 361 - The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads ; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace ; His country next ; and next all human race ; Wide and more wide, th...