The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and OdysseyA. Miller, 1800 |
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... Grecian camp to ransom her ; with which the action of the poem opens , in the tenth year of the fiege . The priest being refused , and in- folently difmiffed by Agamemnon , intreats for vengeance from his God , who inflicts a peftilence ...
... Grecian camp to ransom her ; with which the action of the poem opens , in the tenth year of the fiege . The priest being refused , and in- folently difmiffed by Agamemnon , intreats for vengeance from his God , who inflicts a peftilence ...
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... Grecian priest and guide , That facred feer , whofe comprehensive view The past , the prefent , and the future knew : Uprising flow , the venerable fage Thus fpoke the prudence and the fears of age . Belov'd of Jove , Achilles ! would ...
... Grecian priest and guide , That facred feer , whofe comprehensive view The past , the prefent , and the future knew : Uprising flow , the venerable fage Thus fpoke the prudence and the fears of age . Belov'd of Jove , Achilles ! would ...
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... Grecian hearts . A prophet then , infpir'd by Heaven arose , And points the crime , and thence derives t woes . 500 Myself the first th ' affembled chiefs incline T'avert the avengeance of the power divine ; Then rifing in his wrath ...
... Grecian hearts . A prophet then , infpir'd by Heaven arose , And points the crime , and thence derives t woes . 500 Myself the first th ' affembled chiefs incline T'avert the avengeance of the power divine ; Then rifing in his wrath ...
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... Grecian train ; And fervice , faith , and juftice plead in vain . But , Goddess ! thou thy fuppliant fon attend , 510 To high Olympus ' fhining court afcend , Urge all the ties to former service ow'd , And fue for vengeance to the ...
... Grecian train ; And fervice , faith , and juftice plead in vain . But , Goddess ! thou thy fuppliant fon attend , 510 To high Olympus ' fhining court afcend , Urge all the ties to former service ow'd , And fue for vengeance to the ...
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... Grecian camp appear'd in view . Far on the beach they haul their bark to land 630 ( The crooked keel divides the yellow fand ) : Then part , where ftretch'd along the winding bay 635 The hips and tents in mingled profpects lay . But ...
... Grecian camp appear'd in view . Far on the beach they haul their bark to land 630 ( The crooked keel divides the yellow fand ) : Then part , where ftretch'd along the winding bay 635 The hips and tents in mingled profpects lay . But ...
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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...