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... o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . To all he sued , but chief implor'd for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : Ye sons of Atreus , may your vows be crown'd , Kings and warriors So Your labours , by the Gods ...
... o'er , Safe to the pleasures of your native shore . To all he sued , but chief implor'd for grace The brother kings of Atreus ' royal race : Ye sons of Atreus , may your vows be crown'd , Kings and warriors So Your labours , by the Gods ...
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... o'er yon devoted wall , hangs And nodding Ilium waits th ' impending fall . Invocation to the catalogue of Ships : Say , Virgins , seated round the throne divine , All - knowing Goddesses ! immortal Nine ! [ height , Since earth's wide ...
... o'er yon devoted wall , hangs And nodding Ilium waits th ' impending fall . Invocation to the catalogue of Ships : Say , Virgins , seated round the throne divine , All - knowing Goddesses ! immortal Nine ! [ height , Since earth's wide ...
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... O'er all the Greeks decrees his fame to raise , Above the Greeks her warrior's fame to raise , his deathless And crown her hero with immortal praise : distinguish'd Bright from his beamy crest the lightnings play , High on helm From his ...
... O'er all the Greeks decrees his fame to raise , Above the Greeks her warrior's fame to raise , his deathless And crown her hero with immortal praise : distinguish'd Bright from his beamy crest the lightnings play , High on helm From his ...
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... o'er the field . Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend , Whose umber'd arms by fits thick flashes send ; Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn , And ardent warriors wait the rising morn . As when in stillness of the ...
... o'er the field . Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend , Whose umber'd arms by fits thick flashes send ; Loud neigh the coursers o'er their heaps of corn , And ardent warriors wait the rising morn . As when in stillness of the ...
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... o'er the dark trees are seen , o'er the dark trees a yellow sheds , O'er the dark trees a yellower green they shed , gleam verdure And tip with silver all the mountain heads forest And tip with silver every mountain's head . The vallies ...
... o'er the dark trees are seen , o'er the dark trees a yellow sheds , O'er the dark trees a yellower green they shed , gleam verdure And tip with silver all the mountain heads forest And tip with silver every mountain's head . The vallies ...
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Page 130 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire; Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page xlv - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head. Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies...
Page 145 - While from the bounded level of our mind Short views we take, nor see the lengths behind : But more...
Page li - Then he instructed a young nobleman, that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which he must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Page cxii - Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners. The notions of Dryden were formed by comprehensive speculation, and those of Pope by minute attention. There is more dignity in the knowledge of Dryden, and more certainty in that of Pope.
Page 137 - Ten Censure wrong for one who Writes amiss ; A Fool might once himself alone expose, Now One in Verse makes many more in Prose.
Page lxxxii - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Page 145 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 130 - Happy the man. whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound. Content to breathe his native air. In his own ground Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire. Whose trees in summer yield him shade. In winter fire. Blest, who can unconcern'dly find Hours, days, and years slide soft away, In health of body, peace of mind. Quiet by day. Sound sleep by night; study and ease. Together mixt: sweet recreation, And innocence, which most does please With meditation.
Page cxx - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.