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 133
... monarch , upon whom the Romans depended for Whose word is truth , as sacred and revered , the increase of an absolute empire . But to make the As Heaven's own oracles from altars heard : poem entirely English , I was willing to add one ...
... monarch , upon whom the Romans depended for Whose word is truth , as sacred and revered , the increase of an absolute empire . But to make the As Heaven's own oracles from altars heard : poem entirely English , I was willing to add one ...
Page 148
... monarch's sword when mad vain - glory draws , Not Waller's wreath can hide a nation's scar , Not Boileau turn the feather to a star . Not so , when , diadem'd with rays divine , Touch'd with the flame that breaks from virtue's shrine ...
... monarch's sword when mad vain - glory draws , Not Waller's wreath can hide a nation's scar , Not Boileau turn the feather to a star . Not so , when , diadem'd with rays divine , Touch'd with the flame that breaks from virtue's shrine ...
Page 218
... monarch where his error lies : For though we deem the short - lived fury past , ' Tis sure , the mighty will revenge at last . Because my prize , my beauteous maid I hold , And heavenly charms prefer to proffer'd gold ? 146 A maid ...
... monarch where his error lies : For though we deem the short - lived fury past , ' Tis sure , the mighty will revenge at last . Because my prize , my beauteous maid I hold , And heavenly charms prefer to proffer'd gold ? 146 A maid ...
Page 219
... monarch ! I'm thy slave no more ; My fleet shall waft me to Thessalia's shore . Left by Achilles on the Trojan plain , What spoils , what conquest , shall Atrides gain ? To this the king : Fly , mighty warrior ! fly , Thy aid we need ...
... monarch ! I'm thy slave no more ; My fleet shall waft me to Thessalia's shore . Left by Achilles on the Trojan plain , What spoils , what conquest , shall Atrides gain ? To this the king : Fly , mighty warrior ! fly , Thy aid we need ...
Page 220
... monarch's speech Achilles broke And furious thus , and interrupting , spoke : Tyrant ! I weli deserved thy galling chain , To live thy slave , and still to serve in vain , Should I submit to each unjust decree , Command thy vassals ...
... monarch's speech Achilles broke And furious thus , and interrupting , spoke : Tyrant ! I weli deserved thy galling chain , To live thy slave , and still to serve in vain , Should I submit to each unjust decree , Command thy vassals ...
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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