Lives of the English Poets, Volume 2Oxford University Press, 1938 - English poetry |
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Page 257
... Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , un buried on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore , Since first Atrides and Achilles strove ; Such was the sovereign doom ...
... Atrides strove ; Such was the sovereign doom , and such the will of Jove . Whose limbs , un buried on the hostile shore , Devouring dogs and greedy vultures tore , Since first Atrides and Achilles strove ; Such was the sovereign doom ...
Page 258
... joint assent declare The priest to reverence , and release the fair . Not so Atrides ; he , with kingly pride Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , 258 LIVES OF THE POETS.
... joint assent declare The priest to reverence , and release the fair . Not so Atrides ; he , with kingly pride Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . He said , the Greeks their joint assent declare , 258 LIVES OF THE POETS.
Page 259
... Atrides , Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . [ Not so the tyrant . DRYDEN . ] Of these lines , and of the whole first book , I am told that there was yet a former copy , more varied , and more deformed with interlineations ...
... Atrides , Repuls'd the sacred Sire , and thus reply'd . [ Not so the tyrant . DRYDEN . ] Of these lines , and of the whole first book , I am told that there was yet a former copy , more varied , and more deformed with interlineations ...
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