The Works of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical. By Samuel Johnson. ...J. Moore, No. 45, College-Green, 1801 - English poetry |
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... Ev'n by that God I swear , who rules the day , 115 120 To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , 110 And whofe bleft oracles thy lips declare ; Long as Achilles breathes this vital air , No daring Greek of all the numerous band ...
... Ev'n by that God I swear , who rules the day , 115 120 To whom thy hands the vows of Greece convey , 110 And whofe bleft oracles thy lips declare ; Long as Achilles breathes this vital air , No daring Greek of all the numerous band ...
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... ev'n thy own be mine . The man who fuffers , loudly may complain ; And rage he may , but he shall rage in vain . But this when time requires - It now remains We launch a bark to plow the watery plains , And waft the facrifice to ...
... ev'n thy own be mine . The man who fuffers , loudly may complain ; And rage he may , but he shall rage in vain . But this when time requires - It now remains We launch a bark to plow the watery plains , And waft the facrifice to ...
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... ev'n now ' tis given him to destroy The lofty towers of wide - extended Troy . For now no more the Gods with fate contend , 15 At Juno's fuit the heavenly factions end . Deftruction hangs o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits ...
... ev'n now ' tis given him to destroy The lofty towers of wide - extended Troy . For now no more the Gods with fate contend , 15 At Juno's fuit the heavenly factions end . Deftruction hangs o'er yon devoted wall , And nodding Ilion waits ...
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... Ev'n then the Greeks had left the hoftile plain , And fate decreed the fall of Troy in vain ; But Jove's imperial queen their flight furvey'd , And fighing , thus befpoke the bluc - ey'd maid : 190 Shall then the Grecians fly ! O dire ...
... Ev'n then the Greeks had left the hoftile plain , And fate decreed the fall of Troy in vain ; But Jove's imperial queen their flight furvey'd , And fighing , thus befpoke the bluc - ey'd maid : 190 Shall then the Grecians fly ! O dire ...
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... Ev'n he their chief , great Agamemnon , prefs'd 125 Thy daring hand , and this advice addrefs'd : Whither , O Menelaus ! wouldst thou run , And tempt a fate , which prudence bids thee fhun ? Griev'd though thou art , forbear the rafh ...
... Ev'n he their chief , great Agamemnon , prefs'd 125 Thy daring hand , and this advice addrefs'd : Whither , O Menelaus ! wouldst thou run , And tempt a fate , which prudence bids thee fhun ? Griev'd though thou art , forbear the rafh ...
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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 feas fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft fkies flain flames fleep flies foft fome forrows foul fpear fpoke fpread fprings ftand ftill ftream fuch fure glory Goddeſs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart Heaven Hector hero hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion Jove juft king laft lefs loft lord mighty Mufe muft muſt numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain praife prefent Priam prince queen race rage reft rife rofe round ſhall ſhore ſkies ſtand ſtate tears Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe veffel whofe wife woes wound youth