The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: To which is Prefixed the Life of the AuthorCrissy & Markley, 1853 - 484 pages |
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... Atrides , cry'd ; Forbear , ye warriors ! lay the darts aside : A parley Hector asks , a message bears ; We know him by the various plume he wears . Awed by his high command the Greeks attend , The tumult silence , and the fight suspend ...
... Atrides , cry'd ; Forbear , ye warriors ! lay the darts aside : A parley Hector asks , a message bears ; We know him by the various plume he wears . Awed by his high command the Greeks attend , The tumult silence , and the fight suspend ...
Page 233
... Atrides overtops his head . Nor yet appear his care and conduct small : 190 From rank to rank he moves , and orders all . The stately ram thus measures o'er the ground , And , master of the flock , surveys them round . Then Helen thus ...
... Atrides overtops his head . Nor yet appear his care and conduct small : 190 From rank to rank he moves , and orders all . The stately ram thus measures o'er the ground , And , master of the flock , surveys them round . Then Helen thus ...
Page 234
... Atrides ' ringing shield it flew ; Nor pierced the brazen orb , but with a bound Leap'd from the buckler blunted on the ground . 430 Atrides then his massy lance prepares , In act to throw , but first prefers his prayers : Give me ...
... Atrides ' ringing shield it flew ; Nor pierced the brazen orb , but with a bound Leap'd from the buckler blunted on the ground . 430 Atrides then his massy lance prepares , In act to throw , but first prefers his prayers : Give me ...
Page 235
... Atrides , and renew the fight : Yet Helen bids thee stay , lest thou , unskill'd , Shouldst fall an easy conquest on the field . 500 Even those had yielded to a foe so brave The recreant warrior , hateful as the grave . Then speaking ...
... Atrides , and renew the fight : Yet Helen bids thee stay , lest thou , unskill'd , Shouldst fall an easy conquest on the field . 500 Even those had yielded to a foe so brave The recreant warrior , hateful as the grave . Then speaking ...
Page 236
... Atrides gain'd the glorious strife . Then say , ye powers ! what signal issue waits To crown this deed , and finish all the Fates ? Shall heaven by peace the bleeding kingdoms spare , Or rouse the Furies , and awake the war ? Yet ...
... Atrides gain'd the glorious strife . Then say , ye powers ! what signal issue waits To crown this deed , and finish all the Fates ? Shall heaven by peace the bleeding kingdoms spare , Or rouse the Furies , and awake the war ? Yet ...
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Achilles Ajax Antilochus arms Asius Atrides behold beneath bless'd blood bold brave breast breath chariot charms chief coursers cries crown'd dart dead death descends Diomed divine dreadful Dunciad E'en eyes fair falchion fall fame fate fear feast field fierce fight fire fix'd flames flies fury glory goddess gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand haste hear heart heaven Hector hero honours Idomeneus Iliad Ilion immortal javelin Jove king labours live lord Lycian maid mighty mind monarch mortal Neptune night numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus Phœbus plain poem poet Pope praise press'd Priam prince proud Pylian Pylos queen race rage rise round sacred shade shining shore sire skies slain soul spear spoke steeds stood Swift tears Telemachus thee thine thou throne thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Tydeus Ulysses verse walls warrior woes wound wretched youth