The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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Page 397
... Alcinous lies : And fast beside were closed Aretè's eyes . 380 390 BOOK VIII . ARGUMENT . 430 Alcinous calls a council , in which it is resolved to trans- port Ulysses into his country . After which , splendid entertainments are made ...
... Alcinous lies : And fast beside were closed Aretè's eyes . 380 390 BOOK VIII . ARGUMENT . 430 Alcinous calls a council , in which it is resolved to trans- port Ulysses into his country . After which , splendid entertainments are made ...
Page 398
... Alcinous rose : Attend , he cried , while we our will disclose . Your present aid this godlike stranger craves , Toss'd by rude tempest through a war of waves : Perhaps from realms that view the rising day , Or nations subject to the ...
... Alcinous rose : Attend , he cried , while we our will disclose . Your present aid this godlike stranger craves , Toss'd by rude tempest through a war of waves : Perhaps from realms that view the rising day , Or nations subject to the ...
Page 399
... Alcinous mildly thus began : Skill'd in heroic exercise , I claim A post of honour with the sons of Fame . To those famed days when great Alcides rose , And Eurytus , who bade the gods be foes : ( Vain Eurytus , whose art became his ...
... Alcinous mildly thus began : Skill'd in heroic exercise , I claim A post of honour with the sons of Fame . To those famed days when great Alcides rose , And Eurytus , who bade the gods be foes : ( Vain Eurytus , whose art became his ...
Page 401
... Alcinous ' sons unfold The vest , the robes , and heaps of shining gold ; Then to the radiant thrones they move in state : Aloft , the king in pomp imperial sate . Fast by Alcinous on a throne of state . Now each partakes the feast ...
... Alcinous ' sons unfold The vest , the robes , and heaps of shining gold ; Then to the radiant thrones they move in state : Aloft , the king in pomp imperial sate . Fast by Alcinous on a throne of state . Now each partakes the feast ...
Page 423
... Alcinous and the rest 40 ( The Scheran states ) he turn'd and thus address'd ; → O thou the first in merit and command ! And you the peers and princes of the land ! Ulysses takes leave of Alcinous and Arcte , and embarks When due ...
... Alcinous and the rest 40 ( The Scheran states ) he turn'd and thus address'd ; → O thou the first in merit and command ! And you the peers and princes of the land ! Ulysses takes leave of Alcinous and Arcte , and embarks When due ...
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