 may, perhaps, be thus supplied : ' ACHILLES' WRATH, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumbered, heavenly goddess, sing ! That wrath, which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain, Whose limbs unburied on the naked...  Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged - Page 353edited by - 1822Full view - About this book
 | 1835 - 866 pages
...moral action. Thus, we read in Homer's Iliad of a plague affecting the Grecian camp : " Winch hurled to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain, Whose limbs unbury'd on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures toie." This plague, according to the... | |
 | Homer - Epic poetry, Greek - 1836 - 338 pages
...to Chrysa, and lastly to OV/m-pusJ Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing! That wrath which hurl'd to...slain ; Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, 5 Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove, Such was the sovereign... | |
 | Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1836 - 502 pages
...wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes urmumber'd, heavenly goddess, sing ! Thet wrath \vhich hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty...naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore ; Since great Achilles and Atrides strove. Such was the sovereign doom, and euch the will of Jove !... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1836 - 924 pages
...fall by the sword," lie unburied, and be devoured by wild beasts. Owvoiai rt Train. II., I. ver. 4. " Whose limbs, unburied on the naked shore, Devouring dogs and hungry vultures tore." POPE. 2. To himself, honour and a crown: "But the king (David) shall rejoice in God." The reason is,... | |
 | Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...cut down from ships of the line into frigates, by striking out the two saidsyllabled words, as— ' Achilles' wrath to Greece, the direful spring Of woes...unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing— That wrath which sent to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain, Whose bones, unburied, on... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1837 - 610 pages
...cut down from ships of the line into frigates, by striking out the two saidsyllabled words, as— ' Achilles' wrath to Greece, the direful spring Of woes...unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing. That wrath which sent to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain. Whose bones unburied on the... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1837 - 734 pages
...power which the support of so many Kings gave him.” This he attributes to Pope's Jacobite notions. ‘That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign, The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain.' “Now I appeal to any impartial person, if hurling souls to the gloomy reign of Pluto be not abotninable... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 430 pages
...cut down from ships of the line into frigates, by striking out the said two-syllabled words, as — Achilles' wrath to Greece, the direful spring Of woes...unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing, That wrath which sent to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain, Whose bones unburied on the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 pages
...cut down from ships of the line into frigates, by striking out the said two-syllabled words, as — * Achilles' wrath to Greece, the direful spring Of woes...unnumbered, heavenly goddess sing, That wrath which sent to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs in battle slain, Whose bones unburied on the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1839 - 510 pages
...Olympus. ACHILLES' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumher'd, heavenly goddess, sin«; ! That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain ; Whoee limbs unburied on the naked shore, I b-vouring dogs and hungry vultures tore : Since great... | |
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