The whole poetical works of Alexander Pope, Esq., including his translations of Homer's Iliad and OdysseySamuel Johnson A. Miller, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Such are his groffer reprefenta- tions of the Gods , and the vicious and the imperfect manners of his Heroes ; but I must here fpeak a word of the latter , as it is a point generally carried into extremes , both by the cenfurers and ...
... Such are his groffer reprefenta- tions of the Gods , and the vicious and the imperfect manners of his Heroes ; but I must here fpeak a word of the latter , as it is a point generally carried into extremes , both by the cenfurers and ...
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... offence the people dy'd . For Chryfes fought with coftly gifts to gain Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the will of His captive daughter from the victor's chain Jove . 420 ( Aëtion's realm ) our conquering army came , THE ...
... offence the people dy'd . For Chryfes fought with coftly gifts to gain Such was the fovereign doom , and fuch the will of His captive daughter from the victor's chain Jove . 420 ( Aëtion's realm ) our conquering army came , THE ...
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... Such as a king might afk ; and let it be A treasure worthy her , and worthy me . Or grant me this , or with a monarch's claim , This hand fhall feize fome other captive dame ; The mighty Ajax fhall his prize resign , Ulyffes ' fpoils ...
... Such as a king might afk ; and let it be A treasure worthy her , and worthy me . Or grant me this , or with a monarch's claim , This hand fhall feize fome other captive dame ; The mighty Ajax fhall his prize resign , Ulyffes ' fpoils ...
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... Such juft examples on offerders thown , Sedition filence , and affert the throne . 335 ' Twas thus the general voice the hero prais'd , 340 Who , rifing high , th ' imperial fceptre rais'd : The blue - ey'd Pallas , his celestial friend ...
... Such juft examples on offerders thown , Sedition filence , and affert the throne . 335 ' Twas thus the general voice the hero prais'd , 340 Who , rifing high , th ' imperial fceptre rais'd : The blue - ey'd Pallas , his celestial friend ...
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... Such were the chiefs , and fuch the Grecian train . Say next , O Mufe ! of all Achaia breeds , Who bravest fought , or rein'd the nobleft steeds ? 925 Eumelus ' mares are foremost in the chace , As eagles fleet , and of Pheretian race ...
... Such were the chiefs , and fuch the Grecian train . Say next , O Mufe ! of all Achaia breeds , Who bravest fought , or rein'd the nobleft steeds ? 925 Eumelus ' mares are foremost in the chace , As eagles fleet , and of Pheretian race ...
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Achilles Ajax Alcinous Antilochus arms Atrides beneath bleft bold brave breaft caft caufe chief courfers crown'd death defcends divine dreadful duft Eurymachus Ev'n eyes facred fafe faid fair fame fate feas fenfe fhade fhall fhining fhips fhore fhould fide field fierce fight filver fire firft fkies flain flame fleep flies foft fome forrows foul fpear fpoke fpread ftand ftill ftream fuch fure glory Goddeſs Gods grace Grecian Greece Greeks hand heart Heaven Hector hero himſelf hoft honours Idomeneus Ilion Jove juft king laft lefs loft lord mighty Mufe muft muſt numbers nymph o'er Pallas Patroclus Peleus plain praife prefent Priam prince queen race rage reft rife rofe round ſhall ſkies ſtand ſtate tears Telemachus thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thunder toils trembling Trojan Troy Ulyffes vafe whofe wife woes wound youth
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Page 374 - The strength he gains is from th' embrace he gives. On their own axis as the planets run, Yet make at once their circle round the sun; So two consistent motions act the soul; And one regards itself, and one the whole. Thus God and nature link'd the gen'ral frame, And bade self-love and social be the same.
Page 388 - To build, to plant, whatever you intend, To rear the column, or the arch to bend, To swell the terrace, or to sink the grot; In all, let Nature never be forgot.
Page 10 - For to satisfy such as want either is not in the nature of this undertaking, since a mere modern wit can like nothing that is not modern, and a pedant nothing that is not Greek.
Page 381 - I must paint it. Come then, the colours and the ground prepare ! Dip in the Rainbow, trick her off in Air ; Choose a firm Cloud, before it fall, and in it Catch, ere she change, the Cynthia of this minute.
Page 62 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 386 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name...
Page 331 - Not grace, or zeal, love only was my call, And if I lose thy love, I lose my all.
Page 326 - 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!
Page 471 - Light dies before thy uncreating word : Thy hand, great Anarch, lets the curtain fall, And universal darkness buries all.
Page 321 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide: If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all. This nymph, to the destruction of mankind, Nourished two locks, which graceful hung behind In equal curls, and well conspired to deck With...